THE lawyer for a police superintendent accused of fraud said she was not committing a criminal offence by using a corporate credit card to pay for her sister's carpark.
Darwin Superintendent Nouvelle Denise Reed, is facing six charges of obtaining property by deception and making false claims worth $667.
It is alleged Supt Reed used a corporate credit card and petty cash to pay for seven months of inner-city car parking for her sister, Selina Kliendienst, a police administration assistant.
Supt Reed is also accused of using a corporate credit card to buy a cap for $16.95 and then falsely claiming the expense as fuel.
In Darwin Magistrates Court Supt Reed's lawyer Peter Elliott argued there was no law stating she could not purchase a carpark for a police administration assistant.
"A lot of the witnesses said they would under no circumstances approve it because it is against policy. That is irrelevant, because it does not make criminal what is not criminal," he said.
The case was adjourned for prosecuting lawyer Elisabeth Armitage to prepare her written submissions.
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