Defendant disputes charges
PA Auckland A solo mother charged with claiming more than $21,000 in extra domestic purposes benefit told the District Court in Auckland yesterday that she confessed to the Social Welfare Department during an amnesty. Judge Kerr postponed the sentencing of Gloria Ashby, aged 27, of Glen Innes, until her assertion was checked with the department. Ashby was convicted after admitting two charges of attempting to mislead a Social Welfare Department officer by falsely stating she had the care and custody of her two children. The Court earlier heard she was overpaid $21,197.75 while she lived in Hastings and her mother looked after the children in Auckland.
Her lawyer, Mr Roger Chambers, said that he and the probation service were concerned because it appeared Ashby approached the Social Welfare Department in Hastings when they had an amnesty “to allow people to come forward and confess.”
Mr Chambers said he wrote to the department but had not received a reply. The Judge said it was important to investigate the matter further.
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