A woman facing fraud charges needed to file medical notes to prove her cancer was the reason she failed to appear in the Nelson District Court.
The woman was due to reappear today, having been earlier remanded to allow time for the police to assess a large disclosure file.
Her charges related to events in Palmerston North and include using a document to the value of $32,000 and accessing a computer system dishonestly. The court heard recently she had since moved to Takaka, in Golden Bay.
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