Client who took rap for ‘mates’ found not guilty

Our client was alleged to have committed a home burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and a string of fraud offences using credit cards stolen during the burglary and admitted as such when interviewed by police following her arrest. However, we proceeded to trial on the basis that whilst our client did drive the stolen vehicle and engage in the fraudulent use of the credit cards, our client mislead police in admitting she committed the home burglary in an effort to shift responsibility from other people. The jury accepted our client’s position in taking just over an hour to deliver a verdict of not guilty on the home burglary charge.