Elizabeth Irene Luque who faked home invasion in 2015 back in court over stealing school bag
A business student who faked a home invasion back in 2015 is back in court after she was caught stealing a girl’s school bag and salmon fillets from Coles.
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A business student who was found guilty of faking a home invasion where she claimed she was attack in 2015 has faced court again after being released from jail, this time over stealing a girl’s school bag.
Former Mt Colah resident Elizabeth Irene Luque, 38, now residing in Matraville, was sentenced at Hornsby Local Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of larceny in seperate incidents.
According to court papers, between 3.20pm and 3.25pm on October 10, 2019 Luque and a companion were walking in the food court at Westfield Hornsby when they suddenly stopped and sat down at a table nearby a girl’s school bag.
The 14-year-old victim was ordering food just 10m away at Hungary Jacks when Luque took off her jacket and placed it near the bag.
Later on when Luque rises to leave “she moves her jacket with the table to the seat where the bag is located. The accused [Luque] covers the bag with her jacket and picks up both up and leaves the shopping centre,” police facts state.
After ordering her food the girl returned to the table where she saw her bag missing from the seat and called her parents who alerted police.
Inside the bag was a polaroid camera, cash, diary and wallet.
Court documents reveal the whole incident was captured on CCTV, with police alleging the theft was “of a clear and deliberate nature”.
However, the next day Luque dropped the bag and its contents off to the police station without leaving her details.
Then on November 26, 2019 police observed Luque get out of a car and go to Coles Asquith.
Police facts state, “Plain clothes police attempted to follow them around the store, however they were in and out within a couple of minutes”.
Luque and her companion got back into the car, which was stopped and search where police found she had stolen two salmon fillets, which she’s put in her handbag worth $23.
During court proceedings today Magistrate Chris Longley asked why she returned the bag.
“If you go to the trouble of pinching someone’s bag with a camera, wallet and diary, you said you returned it to the police station and you’re saying you didn’t take any cash?” Magistrate Longley said.
In response Luque stated, “I got a phone call and my friend was in a domestic violence situation and she asked for my help. I left the bag in my car and we drove past the police station and I dropped it off. It was a schoolgirl’s bag.”
In regards to the other incident magistrate Longley asked why she “felt the need to take two fillets”?
“Because I was hungry and I was trying to feed my cat as well,” Luque said.
“I’ve never come across so many extraordinary excuses. These matters happened just after you received a CCO back in July.”
According to court papers, no conviction was recorded and she was ordered to pay a $200 fine.
Court documents reveal Luque has an extensive criminal history which includes being convicted for making a false accusation with intent to subject other to investigation in 2015, which resulted in her being jailed to two years and six months with a non parole period of 12 months.
A Daily Telegraph article dating back to November 2015 shows charge sheets stated Ms Luque told police she was attacked in an aggravated break-and-enter.
Police said they found her tied up in a Glenmore house early on November 4, 2015.