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.

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.

A mother was perhaps too honest with a magistrate yesterday after she initially couldn’t guarantee being on her best behaviour for 12-months

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.