Home_and_away_princess Posted September 11, 2005 Report Posted September 11, 2005 Omg i thought she was a good person .I liked her for her role as June .love princess <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When she's paid her debt society you can like her again though can't you pumpkin ? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes just some people dont pay it.
dremer Posted October 5, 2005 Report Posted October 5, 2005 “Former soapie star Rowena Wallace doesn't seem to mind if she goes to jail for welfare fraud  she'll just write her autobiography.†To the article: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/comm...5E28377,00.html
Si-Co Posted October 6, 2005 Report Posted October 6, 2005 I'm sure the comment Rowena made was tongue-in-cheek, if she made it at all. She doesn't want to go to gaol; who would? I really hope the courts are lenient with her - there are mitigating circumstances.
Krazy Karl Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Well she's not going to jail. A 6 month suspended sentence, with a 2 year Good Behaviour bond.
Andy Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Ten news are following the case quite well. They've had a number of stories on her the past couple of days.
Drew Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 So have they said the verdict? Whats going on?
Si-Co Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Well she's not going to jail. A 6 month suspended sentence, with a 2 year Good Behaviour bond. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is good news.
Si-Co Posted October 15, 2005 Report Posted October 15, 2005 From The Sydney Morning Herald October 11, 2005 Pat the Rat escapes jail By Kate McClymont Rowena Wallace arrives at court to face sentencing Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace sobbed in court today after escaping a jail sentence for multiple counts of social security fraud. Wallace, 58 - who faced up to 20 years behind bars - was given a six-month suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to more than 20 counts of receiving $30,090.99 in social security payments she was not entitled to between July 1999 to November 2003. Wallace, best known for her portrayal of soapie superbitch Patricia Hamilton - known as Pat the Rat - in the long-running TV series Sons and Daughters, did not speak outside the Downing Centre Criminal Court. She won the Gold Logie in 1985 for that role but has been battling depression and ill-health for years. Despite her predicament, she appeared on TV earlier this year in a Channel Nine reality TV program, Body Work. Outside court she was hugged by a supporter, Excellcia Starr from Seven Hills, who was accompanied by a labrador guide dog called Jasmine. Wallace's lawyer, Gregory Goold, successfully argued for leniency due to her celebrity status. Mr Goold told the court: "Because of the nature of the work she does as an actor, her chastisement is going to be public, it's going to be national and it's going to be demeaning, and I ask you to take that into account.'' The actor committed the fraud because she had ongoing medical issues including depression and scoliosis, Mr Goold said. Wallace was a Gold Logie winner, a five-time silver Logie winner, and a "consummate performer'' respected because of her past, he said. The prosecuting solicitor, Jayne Sullivan, had asked the court to send Wallace to jail because she had only stopped taking the payments after a public tip-off. "A bond is not approproate because of the length and conduct and amount of money involved.'' Magistrate Ros Quinn told Wallace she would "go to jail'' if she breached a good behaviour bond.
ste Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 I'm glad she's got off lightly. I hope she gets back on her feet soon.
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