A woman who conned her family and friends out of almost $42 000 for fake cancer treatment has been given a three month jail sentence.
In 2013, nineteen year old Hanna Dickenson told her parents she was gravely ill with cancer and required an overseas trip for treatment or she would die within months. Three family friends donated a combined $41 700 for her trip. Dickenson then used the money for partying, drugs and an unrelated overseas trip.
Dickenson has also been sentenced to a 12-month community correction including unpaid community work and drug and mental health treatment.