The High Court confirmed eighteen months imprisonment for Joshua Kenneth
Anderton on 34 charges of fraudulently obtaining $48,405 selling items online never
delivered. Anderton’s appeal seeking
home detention was dismissed. Justice
Toogood said a more appropriate jail term would have been more than two years.
The court
was told Anderton made bogus sales on TradeMe and other online platforms. He muddied the trail by using a number of
different trading accounts and bank accounts.
He took control of his mother’s TradeMe account, changing her password
and fraudulently trading through her account.
Whilst on bail awaiting trial, Anderton continued to defraud buyers with
further bogus online sales.
Exploiting
the trust of others by deliberate dishonesty and deception warrants a deterrent
approach to sentencing which would not have been reflected adequately in this
case by a sentence of home detention, Justice Toogood said. There was evidence 23 year old Anderton had
no prior convictions for dishonesty but had failed to perform community work
imposed for driving offences.
Anderton v. Police – High Court (14.03.18)
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