âPlanned and deliberateâ: Top nurseâs elaborate car scam
Crime by Grace Mason
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Subscriber only A HIGHLY qualified Cairns intensive care nurse was motivated by greed when she drove her ageing, damaged car interstate 1800km, reported it stolen and falsely claimed thousands of dollars in insurance, a court has heard. Alison Jane Hutchinson, 37, who was most recently working in Cairns Hospital s ICU part time, will spend the next three months behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud in the Cairns Magistrates Court on Monday. The court heard Hutchinson, who has been a nurse for 11 years and co-owns a gym, has no criminal history and committed the offence because she wanted a new car .