A Muslim woman sentenced to six months' jail for falsely accusing a police officer of removing her veil has lodged an appeal and been released on bail.
Carnita Matthews, 46, of Woodbine in Sydney's south, was found guilty today of knowingly making a false complaint relating to events in June.
The mother of seven was stopped in June by a police officer at Woodbine for a random breath test.
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She later filed a police complaint alleging the officer who pulled her over had tried to pull off her hijab, which concealed her entire face except for her eyes.
But in Campbelltown Local Court today, magistrate Robert Rabbidge said the evidence was "overwhelming" that Matthews had submitted a false declaration to police.
"There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind beyond a reasonable doubt that she knew that the complaint she was making was false," he said.
Lawyers for Matthews quickly lodged an appeal to the District Court against the conviction and sentence.
Matthews was released on bail pending the appeal hearing.
Tiffany Watson's Thought
Is this Australia?? I thought that it was. I believe here in Australia we have rules. Those rules mean that if you are asked to do a breath test, which keeps our roads safer then you do it. Also having a hijab on would mean that the person wearing it would have to pull it up a little as you would not be able to do the test if you didn't.
This country has gone crazy. Harden up Australia. Dress for the conditions, speak English and if you don't like it get out of Australia, we are not keeping you here.
Australia should look more closely to what France has done.
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