Sarah Terelinck pleads guilty to trespass at Big Top Shopping Centre

A Sunshine Coast woman has taken on a new persona with police after she was found almost stark naked in a shopping centre.

Sarah Terelinck faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday. Picture: Patrick Woods

A Maroochydore woman has tried to tell police she was an employee at a discount store she broke into while she was half naked.

Police were called to a discount shop at Big Top Shopping Centre on Saturday morning to find Sarah Terelinck inside after she forcefully made her way inside.

Officers claimed they spoke to an employee of the discount store who showed the service door into the business was forced open which gave direct access to the shop.

The staff member told police he was concerned the 42-year-old was in the store.

When officers entered they found Terelinck who was naked besides wearing a bra.

Police found Terelinck at the discount shop inside the Big Top Shopping Centre.

Police say when she was asked what she was doing inside the store, she replied she was an employee.

When asked what her name was, police state she said she was “Mrs C--ty”.

Terelinck tried to walk away from police when she was arrested and resisted them by pulling her arms away.

She was taken to the ground and taken away by police.

As she was being lodged at the Maroochydore watch-house, officers found ice pipes in a sunglasses box.

In Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday, she pleaded guilty to several charges including four counts of public nuisance, two of obstructing police and one of trespass.

She was placed on an 18 month probation order and released from custody.

Convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Sarah Terelinck pleads guilty to trespass at Big Top Shopping Centre