A western Sydney woman has admitted to breaking into a Woolworths store and stealing a trolley of donations for firefighters.
37-year-old Josephine Trask pleaded guilty to one count of breaking, entering and stealing and one count of negligent driving at Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday.
The woman broke into the Schofields supermarket on Christmas Day and took offerings that were set aside for the NSW Rural Fire Service including food, drinks and SIM cards.
Trask then drove off without a license in a Holden Barina with a 48-year-old man. Police allege they pursued the woman but she did not stop, prompting the officers to call in a PolAir helicopter. She later crashed into a fence in St Albans Road.
Police prosecutor Leesa McEvoy told Parramatta Bail Court in December that Trask was “unlicensed” and “does not have a right to be on the road”.
“This offence occurred at 3.40pm on Christmas Day,” she said. “It is not out of the realms of possibility that families would be on the streets at this time.”
Trask will return to court on Thursday.
The man was charged with possessing a restricted substance and is set to face Blacktown Local Court on February 3.
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