Cancer touches every single one of us at some point, either through family and friends or directly when we sit before a medical specialist and receive the life changing news.
Cancer affects us all so it does come as a shock when we discover certain people choose to fake cancer.
Earlier this week, former Hockeyroo goalkeeper, Kate Hubble, 32, pleaded guilty to four charges of making and using false documents to obtain a financial benefit. Hubble drew two year’s salary from her employer, the cancer charity Redkite, after claiming she had cancer and forging documents from medical professionals which confirmed her fake diagnosis.
She will be sentenced on Friday.
The ultimate fake cancer charlatan in this part of the world is Belle Gibson, the twisted fantasist who was fined $410,000 late last month after Consumer Affairs Victoria brought civil action against her in the Federal Court. She was fined for five separate breaches of the Australian Consumer Law Act.
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I see Matt Renshaw bowled a lazy 10 overs in the domestic one day game for QLD. 0/43. Tidy for and offie.
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