Woman’s plot to overthrow government

A lady has admitted to who falsely representing herself as Australia’s governor-general and importing police badges in a bid to construct up a rival police drive to overthrow the federal government.

Teresa Angela van Lieshout appeared at Adelaide Magistrates Court docket on Thursday and when Justice of the Peace Simon Good learn out the fees in opposition to her, together with that she had falsely represented herself to be a commonwealth public official and imported false Australian Federal Police badges in 2021, she pleaded responsible however added she was doing so “below duress”.

“I plead responsible below duress, your honour,” she mentioned from the dock.

Justice of the Peace Good didn’t settle for Ms van Lieshout’s “below duress” comment and stood the matter down so she might obtain recommendation from her lawyer.

“I don’t want the addition,” he mentioned.

“It’s both a plea of responsible or not responsible. I merely want a solution, responsible or not responsible, OK?”

Ms van Lieshout left the dock to confer along with her lawyer and returned quarter-hour later.

On the second studying of the fees in opposition to her, Ms Van Lieshout mentioned she was “responsible”.

Her prosecution flows from an Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism operation in opposition to people throughout the nation who had been allegedly a part of the 2021 coup plot.

Police allege conspiracy theorists tried to overthrow the federal authorities by forming their very own police drive, organising reproduction police badges and drawing up arrest warrants for officers.

She is going to subsequent seem at court docket on October 6 for sentencing submissions.

Her lawyer mentioned a psychiatric report could be tendered to the court docket as a part of submissions.

As she left the dock, Ms van Lieshout revealed she was writing a guide.

“Wait until my guide comes out, which particulars the federal government’s crimes in opposition to me are a thousand occasions worse than something I’ve ever accomplished or mentioned,” she mentioned.

Ms van Lieshout has run for state and federal elections for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, Clive Palmer’s United Australia Get together and as an impartial.