Pregnant mum Madison Kate-Lee Collins pleads guilty to crime spree
A young soon-to-be Sunshine Coast mum has been told by the court she will have to give birth behind bars, despite her pleas.
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A Sunshine Coast soon-to-be mum entered pleas to a string of charges with a desperate hope to be freed from custody in time to give birth to her child.
Madison Kate-Lee Collins appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on video link from custody on July 17 to plead guilty to 17 charges including entering premises and committing an offence.
Collins said she was 39 weeks pregnant with her baby, due to be born in a week, and told the court she was hoping to be released beforehand.
Collins then entered guilty pleas to all 17 offences and magistrate Rod Madsen said her sentencing would not take place today.
He informed her the earliest available date was September 10.
Mr Madsen said they will “hope she has the baby” soon so she can be sentenced and released from custody as soon as possible.
Collins kept her composure as the news was delivered.
The court previously heard the offences committed between February and May 2024 included entering and stealing from Woolworths at Big Top Maroochydore, Mantra Mooloolaba Resort and Barbican Apartments at Mooloolaba on different dates.
She also stole a bank card, attempted to dishonestly gain goods twice and possessed cannabis and prescription drugs on various dates.
The court had heard Collins also entered Surfair Central Tower at Marcoola between June 23 and June 26 in 2023 and committed an indictable offence by stealing.
Collins pleaded guilty to four counts of entering premises and committing an indictable offence, three counts of entering with the intent to commit an offence, two of fraud, two of attempted fraud, one of trespass, one of contravening police direction, one of possessing prescription drugs, one of possessing cannabis, one of receiving tainted property and one of breaching bail.
She has been listed for sentence on September 10.
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