17:37 EDT, 25 May 2021
Pictured: Samantha Azzopardi, 32
A conwoman who has a history of inventing bizarre identities to con families and international authorities will be sentenced over a fake au pair scam designed to dupe Australian couples.
Samantha Lyndell Azzopardi is set to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday to be sentenced over her latest fraud.
The 32-year-old has admitted charges of child stealing, obtaining property by deception and theft.
Azzopardi duped Melbourne couple Tom and Jazze Jervis into believing she was a qualified au pair named Harper Hernandez.
While claiming to be from a rich American family she received $6500 while working for them for six months.
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Troubled AFL legend Mark Bomber Thompson has opened up on his life after struggling with a drug addiction and being diagnosed with PTSD.
The three-time premiership player and dual premiership coach shared his miraculous journey of recovery during an emotional interview on Channel Nine s Today Show on Monday.
Thompson touched on the downward spiral from his illustrious career with the Essendon doping scandal in 2013, struggling with a drug addiction and how becoming diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was a godsend . I was in a pretty bad spot, he said. I went to drugs to mask the pain. It does. But the pain comes back tomorrow. It was the alternative I had.
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Former AFL coach Dani Laidley is back before the courts after police laid a fresh charge.
The long-time North Melbourne coach and star player is set to face court again in August.
Police spokeswoman Acting Senior Sergeant Julie-Anne Newman said the 54-year-old had been charged with breaching a court order after an âinvestigation into several incidents in Prahran in mid-2020 and January 2021â.
Ms Laidley, of Moonee Ponds, was bailed and will appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on August 26 this year.
âAs the matter is before the court it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time,â Sergeant Newman said in a statement provided to NCA NewsWire.
A 32-year-old woman who tricked families into believing she was a qualified nanny has pleaded guilty to child stealing.
Samantha Azzopardi pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court to three counts of child stealing, obtaining property by deception and theft on Monday.
She had been facing 55 charges before agreeing to plead guilty to a handful of charges.
Police had alleged Azzopardi posed as a qualified au pair named Harper Hernandez to dupe unsuspecting families out of $6,500 in wages over six months.
She was also accused of posing as a nurse named Sakah and of possessing identification documents belonging to 19 different people, including a child.