A leaked private photo has emerged of a young Auckland woman, who received home detention for a drunken hit-and-run death, posing with a glass of wine the day before delivering a tearful apology at her sentencing hearing when a court heard she was now abstinent from alcohol.
Another photo shared to her “close friends” on Instagram shows the woman, Helena Cribb, posing with her ankle bracelet monitor following the hearing where she received eight months' home detention after admitting a driving charge relating to her role in the death of Jason Collins.
She hit Collins while driving home drunk to the North Shore from a Christmas party for an advertising agency last year and did not stop, later telling police she thought she’d gone over a pothole. [...]
[Lawyer Adam Holland], in his written response on Saturday to Herald inquiries, said the photos were posted privately to a small group of friends and never intended for public consumption.
“The first post with the drink was made the day before the sentencing ...”
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The former advertising industry staffer had also told probation she had been abstinent from alcohol for some time and had undertaken a rehabilitation course, Judge Paul Murray said at sentencing.
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