April 05, 2019 at 06:13AM
A former Sydney cheerleader charged with fraud over a $30,000 insurance payout took a luxury round-the-world holiday while her bail conditions were suspended by the court.
Police allege Regan Yerbury, 23, her mother and senior police sergeant Karen Yerbury, and an alleged associated named Gavin Dunn, fraudulently claimed $30,571.17 from a car insurance agency between May 2017 and April 2018.
Ms Yerbury was required to report to Sutherland police station, south of Sydney, each week as part of strict bail conditions.
But a magistrate agreed to suspend her bail conditions after her father put up a $10,000 surety to ensure his daughter returned to Australia, allowing Ms Yerbury to jet off on a pre-planned lavish six-week holiday between December 29 and February 10.
Ms Yerbury travelled to the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Portugal, Morocco, Doha and Bali before returning home and resuming the conditions of her bail.
Over the holiday her Instagram page was filled with pictures of her celebrating New Year's Eve in Cancun, swimming and sipping cocktails in the Caribbean and riding a camel in Morocco, among selfies posing in bikinis.
Approached by A Current Affair outside her local police station to report for bail, Ms Yerbury said she had a "good" time on her holiday and added, "What happened to innocent until proven guilty?"
Ms Yerbury, her mother Karen and Mr Dunn have each been charged with one count of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage.
Karen has also been charged with misconduct in a public office in relation to the alleged fraud and has been temporarily suspended from police duties.
Mr Dunn has also been charged with driving disqualified and participating in a criminal group.
Ms Yerbury and her mother are yet to enter a plea and both are due back in court on June 11.
Lawyer Richard Mitry told A Current Affair it was not common for people to be allowed international travel when they were on bail.
"It's very unusual to see that someone goes overseas when they're on bail, and the reason for that is because people go overseas and never come back," he said.
"They've both been charged with fraud. Fraud is considered a very serious offence and each of them could get up to 10 years in jail if they're found guilty."
A former Sydney cheerleader charged with fraud over a $30,000 insurance payout took a luxury round-the-world holiday while her bail conditions were suspended by the court.
Police allege Regan Yerbury, 23, her mother and senior police sergeant Karen Yerbury, and an alleged associated named Gavin Dunn, fraudulently claimed $30,571.17 from a car insurance agency between May 2017 and April 2018.
Ms Yerbury was required to report to Sutherland police station, south of Sydney, each week as part of strict bail conditions.
But a magistrate agreed to suspend her bail conditions after her father put up a $10,000 surety to ensure his daughter returned to Australia, allowing Ms Yerbury to jet off on a pre-planned lavish six-week holiday between December 29 and February 10.
Ms Yerbury travelled to the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Portugal, Morocco, Doha and Bali before returning home and resuming the conditions of her bail.
Over the holiday her Instagram page was filled with pictures of her celebrating New Year's Eve in Cancun, swimming and sipping cocktails in the Caribbean and riding a camel in Morocco, among selfies posing in bikinis.
Approached by A Current Affair outside her local police station to report for bail, Ms Yerbury said she had a "good" time on her holiday and added, "What happened to innocent until proven guilty?"
Ms Yerbury, her mother Karen and Mr Dunn have each been charged with one count of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage.
Karen has also been charged with misconduct in a public office in relation to the alleged fraud and has been temporarily suspended from police duties.
Mr Dunn has also been charged with driving disqualified and participating in a criminal group.
Ms Yerbury and her mother are yet to enter a plea and both are due back in court on June 11.
Lawyer Richard Mitry told A Current Affair it was not common for people to be allowed international travel when they were on bail.
"It's very unusual to see that someone goes overseas when they're on bail, and the reason for that is because people go overseas and never come back," he said.
"They've both been charged with fraud. Fraud is considered a very serious offence and each of them could get up to 10 years in jail if they're found guilty."
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