Photo: GettyA Brisbane mother who felt so much pressure to keep up with other football mums that she committed thousands of dollars worth of fraud and forgery offences is facing deportation after being jailed. These included hiring hotel rooms during a football tournament but failing to pay for them and defrauding members of her local church, the Brisbane District Court heard on Monday. "The defendant targeted a number of people and companies and obtained a significant quantity of cash, services and goods," Ms Ahern said. "You did it in part to impress your friends at the church and football club, as well as pay gambling debts," he said. The court heard that despite migrating to Australia in 2004 and having four of her five children here, Lehauli had not secured citizenship.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 30, 2019 20:37 UTC