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I'm confused. It sounds like she was given the sim card and didn't know it was stolen. Does Australia not do mens rea? Or does it not apply here for some rea

• sorbus 16y ago
  Common sense would say that she was lying about being given the card, especially as she wasn't able to find the person who supposedly gave it to her.
• hugh3 16y ago
  It sounds like she was given the sim card and didn't know it was stolen. That was her second story. Her first story was that she didn't know anything about it. Her second story was that some man she met on the internet (whom she could not identify any further except to give a name, despite the fact she had presumably exchanged physical goods with him) decided to ask her (a random stranger) to download a bunch of data for him because his modem was broken (despite the fact that they had no trouble talking on the internet). It sounds to me like a completely bullshit story. I assume the judge saw it the same way. In fact, I'm guessing there was some other evidence which didn't get included in this story -- surely the electric company knows exactly whose meter the SIM card comes from?