September 22nd, 2010
A lawyer representing a former NT Police employee has told Darwin Magistrates Court his client, Paula Tsan Martins Da Costa will plead guilty to charges including stealing and resisting police.
36-year-old Da Costa was arrested at Casuarina Square shopping centre in May, after she was allegedly caught stealing items from a womens sports store.
Following Da Costa's arrest, she was escorted to her vehicle in the shopping centre car park. Here, it's alleged Da Costa attempted to flee from police in her vehicle.
Prosecutor Amanda Nobbs told Darwin Magistrates Court, Da Costa had agreed to plead guilty to nine charges.
The hearing has been delayed until Da Costa and her lawyer Peter Maley can review an additional eight charges which were laid this morning, according Mr Maley.
"30 seconds before walking in I've been shown the new charges. In fairness, my client has just been given this," Mr Maley told the court.
The new charges relate to items allegedly found in the possession of Ms Da Costa, which were identified as stolen by their owners on Monday.
At the time of Ms Da Costa's arrest in May, police established she had $4,400 worth of stolen property in her possession.
Ms Da Costa was a civilian police employee based at the Peter Macaulay Centre at the time of her arrest.
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