Gold Coast crime: Mother Axa Brandi Van Haeren cannot guarantee best behaviour after string of drug offences
A mother facing a string of drug offences was perhaps too honest with a magistrate yesterday after she initially couldn’t guarantee being on her best behaviour.
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A MOTHER was perhaps too honest with a magistrate yesterday after she initially couldn’t guarantee being on her best behaviour for 12-months.
Axa Brandi Van Haeren pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court to a string of stealing and drug offences.
The court heard she stole $2021.60 worth of items from several shops with another woman on April 27.
Magistrate Michelle Dooley asked Van Haeren whether she agreed to a 12-month $800 good behaviour bond for 12 months. The bond means she can’t commit an offence for that period or risk paying the fine.
Van Haeren replied: “I can try, the whole reason I got these charges is because I can’t afford the things, so I’m not going to promise you anything, but yeah, what can I say?”
She told Ms Dooley she was just being honest and then agreed to the penalty.
She was sentenced to a six-month $800 good behaviour bond and no conviction was recorded.
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