Woman given six-month jail term for COVID-19 border breach freed on appeal
A 28-year-old Perth woman who received a precedent-setting jail term for breaching WA's strict COVID-19 quarantine laws has won an appeal against her prison sentence and has instead been given a community service order.She had snuck across the WA border in the back of a truckAsher Vander Sanden, 28, was originally sentenced to six months' jail after admitting sneaking across WA's hard border hidden inside a car being transported by a truck.
Her boyfriend picked her up at a petrol station in Midland, and she spent the next 10 days with him at a unit in Scarborough.Vander Sanden released from jail pending appeal Vander Sanden was arrested and spent three weeks in custody before her case was dealt with by the Perth Magistrates Court. However, she was released on bail within days of being sentenced, after lodging an appeal in the Supreme Court.
Justice Jenni Hill listed it for an urgent hearing, noting that because of the number of similar cases coming before the courts, the sentencing authorities should receive "some assistance" from the Supreme Court.
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