Julie Anne Daldy sentenced in Maroochydore Magistrates Court

A woman labelled the “botox bandit” after walking out on a $1100 injectable bill also swindled her friend out of more than $2000 for a private dentist for her granddaughter, a Sunshine Coast court has been told.

Julie Anne Daldy appeared via video link in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

A 57-year-old former nurse, dubbed the “botox bandit” by A Current Affair after she walked out on a $1100 injectables bill, swindled a friend out of $2100 for a private dentist appointment for her granddaughter, a court has been told.

Julie Anne Daldy appeared in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court via videolink on Tuesday, November 14, where she pleaded guilty to 14 offences including fraud, drug drive, stealing, failing to appear and possessing drug utensils for use.

Police prosecutor Leonie Scott said the most serious of these were the fraud charges, which included Daldy walking out on a $1100 botox treatment bill 0n March 28, 2023.

This led to Daldy being the subject of an A Current Affair story, where she was labelled a “Botox bandit”, the court was told.

Daldy later swindled a friend out of more than $2000 for dental treatments for her granddaughter.

She also took $50 from another woman for fake plants.

A letter of apology from Daldy was tendered to the court by lawyer Katie Patterson, who said her client was remorseful for her actions.

Ms Patterson told the court her client was suffering from stresses in her personal life at the time of the offences, including her mother’s death.

The court was told Daldy grabbed the card details from a friend’s card, which was left on their kitchen bench, to pay for her granddaughter’s dental procedures after her granddaughter’s face began swelling.

Magistrate Matthew McLaughlin noted Daldy could have taken her granddaughter to a public hospital and didn’t understand why she went to a private dentist instead.

Ms Patterson said her client thought her friend may have loaned her the money, but she wasn’t thinking clearly at the time and took the card details instead.

Daldy planned to return to Boondall, in north Brisbane, upon her release but was also considering moving to South Australia.

Mr McLaughlin said walking out on paying her botox bill was born of a “greed not need”.

He sentenced Daldy to six months and 14 days behind bars, with an immediate parole release date.

She was disqualified from driving for one month for the drug drive charge, and no restitution order was sought.

The 85 days Daldy spent in pre sentence custody was declared time served.

Convictions were recorded.