Maddison Thomson: Goorambat teen pleads guilty to Frankston, Eaglemont thefts
A magistrate has told a teenage eyelash extension entrepreneur she can’t be blind to the legal consequences of taking drugs and stealing from cars - or she risks spending her 20s behind bars.
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An eyelash business-owning teenage thief caught on CCTV stealing from cars was high on GHB and ice at the time, a court has heard.
Maddison Thomson, now aged 19, was 18 when she and her mates repeatedly stole from cars and used stolen bank cards and cash to fraudulently buy burgers, booze and cigarettes.
Thomson also used one stolen card to buy almost $300 worth of alcohol online – and had the goon delivered to her home.
The Goorambat teen pleaded guilty to 10 theft and deception-related charges at the online Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, November 11.
The court heard on November 12, 2019, Thomson helped to steal sunglasses and dog leads from a car parked at the Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston, acting as a lookout.
A week later she stole a credit card from a car parked in Eaglemont, using it to buy $73 worth of fuel and $29 of food from McDonalds in Wollert, as well as order booze from Dan Murphy’s online.
Just five days later she was involved in stealing sunglasses, a six pack of beer and a security key from an unlocked car parked in a Sandhurst garage.
Then on December 15, she nicked a wallet and bank cards from a car parked in a Frankston driveway, using it to buy food from Hungry Jacks and cigarettes from a Karingal servo.
Most of her offending was captured on CCTV or led directly back to her, including the online booze being delivered to her own address.
Thomson was arrested on January 6 this year and remanded, spending 33 days in custody before she was bailed to do drug detox.
During her police interview officers discovered text messages on her phone showing she had tried to use stolen bank details to obtain a personal loan and access someone else’s online banking.
Her defence lawyer said during the “unsophisticated” crime spree she was heavily using ice and GHB and easily influenced by others.
She said Thomson now worked part time in her mum’s cafe, was setting up a business selling eyelashes and was about to launch an online shop.
She said after Thomson was bailed and undertook the drug rehab course she has remained clean and now had no contact with her “negative peers”.
Magistrate Charles Tan said the jail time she had already served was enough of a punishment, and that she would likely be suitable for a community corrections order.
“The CCO will hang over her head,” Mr Tan said.
“If she reoffends there will be consequences, her freedom will be dependent upon her engagement.”
Thomson was sent for a corrections assessment and will be sentenced on November 13.
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