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An Australian lawyer admitted in court to stealing 81 cents from a wishing fountain nearly two decades ago.
Simon Matters, 38, of Victoria was charged in 1992 with grabbing a handful of change from the wishing fountain in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, when he was 19 years old and he went home after denying the allegations to police, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported Wednesday.
However, he recently discovered charges of stealing and failing to appear in court had been filed and he turned himself over to Gold Coast police.
Matters admitted to the charges Wednesday morning in Southport Magistrates Court. Chief Magistrate Ron Kilner accepted the plea and ruled Matters would not face any sentencing and the conviction would not be entered on his criminal record. (UPI)
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20년만에 양심선언, ‘저 900원 훔쳤어요’
호주의 한 변호사가 20년전에 분수대에서 동전 81센트 (한화 약 958원)을 훔친 것을 법정에서 인정했다고 UPI통신이 18일 보도했다.
빅토리아 주의 사이먼 매터스 (38)는 1992년, 퀸즈랜드의 소원을 비는 분수대에서 한 움큼의 동전을 훔친 혐의를 받았고, 경찰에서 이를 부인한 후 귀가했다.
그러나 매터스는 최근에 그가 절도와 법정 출두를 하지 않은 혐의로 신고됐었다는 것을 발견하고 현지 골드 코스트 경찰에 자수했다.
그는 18일 오전, 법정에서 혐의를 인정하고, 법정은 이에 대해 어떠한 형이나 범죄기록도 남기지 않기로 결정했다.
