A 27-year-old Pinjarra woman escaped conviction in Mandurah Magistrates Court today for using a police credit card.
Cassandra Lee Opray pleaded guilty to four counts of gaining benefit by fraud.
The police prosecutor told the court Opray used a credit card from her police officer boyfriend’s wallet that was the property of the Lancelin Police social club.
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READ NOWShe paid four Telstra phone bills using the card.
The first bill on September 5, 2016 was $160, the second on September 6 $152.56, the third on October 12 $173.46 and the fourth on November 1 $200.
Counsel for the accused said Opray mistakenly used the wrong credit card.
“It wasn’t like she was spending like a drunken sailor,” he said.
“The officers who arrested her were known to her. She thought it was a joke.”
Magistrate Anne Longden said she accepted Opray’s offending was at the lower end of the scale.
She ordered Opray repay $686.02, she fined her $600, ordered her to pay $190.85 in costs and granted a spent conviction application.
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