Kelsey Charters: Beverly Hills honeytrap robber set to be sentenced

A woman who called herself ‘HivoltageSophie’ in a bid to lure a love interest in a honeytrap has been told she faces jail as her terrifying heist was revealed.

The young woman behind a honeytrap heist which saw a duped love interest lured to a dark alley and robbed of his BMW has been told she likely faces years in jail.

Kelsey Ruby Charters, 25, was found guilty at trial earlier this year after a jury convicted her of impersonating a police officer and armed robbery.

Charters and her then boyfriend Jacob Perger had convinced a potential suitor on the dating site Plenty of Fish to hand over his car keys and wallet at taser-point after posing as members of the NSW Police.

Charters, pictured, told the court her new boyfriend was willing to support her when she’s released. Picture: NCA News Wire/Adam Yip

The man in question was directed to a dark alley on the phone with who he believed was “HivoltageSophie” – a lover he had been flirting with over text.

When he got there, he was ordered onto the ground, handed over his belongings before the couple bought crop tops online and caught a GoGo cab on his bank card.

Charters, giving evidence at her sentencing in the Downing Centre District Court on Thursday, said she had remained off drugs since her arrest.

The victim asked “is this necessary?” after he was threatened with a taser. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

She said her parents had moved back from the Middle East to Bega to support her after she was held on remand when the verdict was delivered in April.

Her new boyfriend Jordan Fifita also took the stand to tell Judge David Wilson he planned to support her when she gets out of jail.

Charters’ barrister Evan James argued the 25-year-old never threatened the victim and that it was Perger who had thrust the taser at the man and threatened him.

Charters, middle, flanked by her legal team. Picture: NCA News Wire/Adam Yip

Mr James said the victim reported hearing “an Aussie woman” on the phone when he was robbed after Charters had given evidence in a thick New Zealand accent she said stemmed from first growing up across the Tasman.

“I don’t know if you should be in prison but my hands may be tied,” Judge Wilson said.

Charters sat quietly from her jail video-link suite as she was told she faces a maximum potential jail sentence of 25 years in prison for the armed robbery offence.

Judge Wilson adjourned her case and will hand down a sentence later this month.

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