Woman convicted after using dead Sea World helicopter pilot’s identity in bid to avoid traffic fine

Stephanie Louise Bennett used Gold Coast pilot Ash Jenkinson’s name after she was caught using phone while driving

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A mother of two who stole the identity of the pilot killed in the Sea World helicopter tragedy in a bid to dodge a traffic ticket has had her fine doubled in court.

Stephanie Louise Bennett wept openly in Beenleigh magistrates court on Friday as she pleaded guilty to fraud by dishonestly inducing a person to act and one count of obtaining or dealing with another’s identity to commit an indictable offence.

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