Alyssa Healy’s cast iron excuse for missing jury duty - she had a World Cup to win for Australia!
Australia’s star of the T20 World Cup final, Alyssa Healy, needed evidence to prove she had a valid reason for missing jury duty earlier this month. Lucky then, there were 86,174 people she could turn to ...
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We’re sure the Sheriff’s department has heard some interesting excuses to get out of jury duty.
There would be some pretty inventive ones given the fine is up to $2200 if you don’t report to the court.
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Australia’s World Cup hero Alyssa Healy is hoping to strike a patriotic chord with someone in the justice department.
The opening batsman and wicketkeeper missed her calling for jury duty because she was busy winning the T20 crown.
Just emailed a photo of our World Cup celebrations to the Sheriff to explain my failure to attend Jury Duty.....acceptable?
— Alyssa Healy (@ahealy77) March 29, 2020
Over the weekend Healy decided the best course of action was to send evidence which she explained on Twitter.
“Just emailed a photo of our World Cup celebrations to the Sheriff to explain my failure to attend Jury Duty.....acceptable?”
We’re tipping she’s got a few witnesses who could also vouch for her whereabouts if required.