Lee Vivienne Pilcher charged with breaching health order and obstructing police faces Maroochydore Magistrates Court

A Nambour woman who was allegedly caught breaking lockdown has been told by a magistrate her legal argument to defend the charge is “rubbish” and her court documents belonged in the toilet.

A Nambour woman who allegedly breached lockdown rules and tried to argue her case by presenting “rubbish” documentation to the court has been urged to seek proper legal advice.

Lee Vivienne Pilcher, 66, pleaded not guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Wednesday, September 15, to failing to comply with a Covid-19 public health direction and obstructing a police officer.

Police allege Ms Pilcher was found at a Maroochydore home during the south-east Queensland lockdown period on August 2.

She did not have permission to be there as the region was under stay at home orders at the time due to a Covid-19 outbreak.

Ms Pilcher had delivered documentation titled “request for you to obey Commonwealth statute law” to the court prior to her appearance for Magistrate Rodney Madsen to read over before her case was heard before him.

Mr Madsen said the documentation was “gobbledygook” and “rubbish”.

“It has no standing in law in this state or another state in the commonwealth,” he said.

“Whatever person thought it was a good idea for you to use this in these proceedings has either misled you or ill-informed you or you completely misunderstood what they were talking about.”

Mr Madsen urged Ms Pilcher to seek legal advice from a professional legal practitioner and not “someone sitting around under a tree probably smoking cannabis somewhere”.

“Any constitutional, any sovereignty, anything about you being a woman, anyone having a contract with you is complete and utter rubbish,” he said.

“This goes in the toilet normally at my house because clearly it’s turned up here by mistake. If I had a shredder. I would shred it but it gets to go on your court file.”

Mr Madsen said if Ms Pilcher continued to pursue this line of argument, any future magistrate or the Appeals Court would see her as “deluded”.

Ms Pilcher, who asked whether the Maroochydore Magistrates Court sits “under section 5 of the Constitution of Australia”, said she had spoken with a number of people about her case before self representing herself on Wednesday.

She said she would be defending the charges.

“I’m not a disrespectful (person) within our community … people are very shocked with this situation about me being arrested,” Ms Pilcher said.

The matter was set down for hearing on November 11.

Ms Pilcher remains on bail, and must follow the condition that she does no make contact with the man she was visiting at the time of the alleged offence in Maroochydore.