A convicted fraudster avoided being resentenced to a potential prison term today, instead being told to pay reparation at half the original rate a court had ordered.
Stratford woman Helen Christine Williams appeared in New Plymouth court this afternoon before Judge Chris Sygrove for resentencing after failing to meet her reparation payment schedule.
The court heard Williams - who was sentenced to 12 months home detention in January last year for stealing $320,000 from her elderly father - was also ordered to repay the debt at the rate of $200 a week.
Her lawyer, Julian Hannam, told the judge the repayment schedule she had originally offered was in fact half this amount, being $100 a week.
He said Williams herself had no independent means whatsoever.