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Australian woman convicted after pretending to be doctor on social media (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/world@lemmy.world

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[-] Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 year ago

"Defence barrister Erasmus Lovell-Jones said his client had an underlying psychological fragility which made it difficult for her to say no in social situations.

He said Karezi – who was studying a bachelor’s degree in health science – met a person who believed she was studying medicine, and when she did not correct them it spawned a misunderstanding that opened doors for her."

What kind of horse shit defense is that? Someone should check if this defense attorney has underlying phycological fragility themself.

[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 29 points 1 year ago

His job is to defend her to the best of his ability. If there is no good defense for what she did then he is obligated to make a bad one as long as that defense doesn't involve direct lies.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Sounds more like she saw a golden opportunity for her fraudster mindset.

[-] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I have a psychological fragility that makes it hard for me to not steal spirits from the liquor store and I demand justice.

[-] wahming 2 points 1 year ago

I recommend getting your spirits from the local graveyard, it's free there.

[-] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve tried this but the fermentation process didn’t go well and it tasted funny

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

underlying psychological fragility

Jesus Christ.

It's things like this which gives ammo to conservatives to call the next generation weak.

[-] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In their defence, this is their only legal defence so they’re basically trying to worm their way out getting in trouble for being a liar so I’m not too sure they’re concerned about using made up and exaggerated statements for things that are subjective. It’s also a lawyer saying this, I’d argue that lawyers lean conservative but have no idea really. Also, from what I’ve seen when a liberal does this they’re weak and when a conservative does this it’s smart or playing the system, it’s always been a bad faith argument anyway

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