Woman to be sentenced following £40,000 fraud case

Woman to be sentenced following £40,000 fraud case

During a Royal Court hearing, Kelly Ann Callec admitted to forging 38 cheques – worth a total of £46,236 – between 30 April 2013 and 2 July 2015.

Despite his client’s guilty plea, Advocate George Pearce, defending, urged the court on Friday to grant bail until her sentencing, which is due to be held in front of the Inferior Number on 9 March.

‘She is aware of the very real risk of a custodial sentence,’ he said. ‘Her sole concern is that of the welfare of her children.’

Advocate Pearce said that Callec was the main carer for her three children and asked the court to give her time to organise care in the event she was sent to prison when she is sentenced.

‘She is fully concerned for the sake of her children,’ he told the court. ‘This is not a selfish request. Taking these factors into consideration, in my submission it will be for the sentencing court at the time of sentencing to take everything in the round [whether the offence warrants a custodial sentence].’

However, Solicitor General Mark Temple said that in the Crown’s view a custodial sentence was ‘inevitable’. He added that nothing said by her defence counsel amounted to ‘exceptional’ circumstances, which would prevent her being remanded in custody.

‘There are aggravating factors,’ he said. ‘The victim was a particularly vulnerable old lady. There was a position of trust between the victim and the defendant.’

Deputy Bailiff Tim Le Cocq, presiding, said that while the court was ‘enormously sympathetic’, it could not release Callec on bail.

‘It must have been extremely clear to the defendant there would be a disastrous effect on her family if she would ever be caught,’ he said.

Jurats Jerry Ramsden and Elizabeth Dulake were sitting.

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