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Rex Martinich

UNCOVERED: Women avoid jail over cynical plot to steal covid aid - Caught on Camera

Clare OConnor Darren England MyGov Covid-19
Lenore Herlihy (left) has been spared jail after trying to steal retirement savings of strangers. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Two women who attempted to steal $83,000 from the retirement savings of strangers by exploiting a pandemic aid program have been handed two-year sentences but released on probation.

Deanne Pamela Brock and Lenore Jennifer Herlihy both faced Brisbane District Court on Tuesday having previously pleaded guilty to one count of influencing a commonwealth official.

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