The death certificate was not produced despite an online request since there was no death on the registry.
In London, a lady who faked her own death to avoid being prosecuted for driving offences was sentenced to prison. When Zoe Bernard, 38, of Kensington, was arrested in Kilburn in 2020 for driving dangerously and failing to stop, she had previously been disqualified from driving.
Zoe Bernard, 38, even sought for a death certificate in an effort to persuade authorities that she had died, according to Essex Live. When Bernard, who claimed to be a Grenfell fire survivor, was discovered driving dangerously while prohibited and without insurance, he supplied a fictitious identity.
After law enforcement authorities uncovered her true name, she chose to fake her death, according to the article.
Her case was recently heard at Southwark Crown Court, and it was discovered that she had a long history of offences, including drink-driving, driving while disqualified, violence, and attacking police officers. The court has now sentenced her to eight months in prison for “perverting the course of justice,” according to the Coventry Telegraph.
According to BBC News, Bernard pretended to be her sister Shanice and told the cops that “Zoe” had died. The death certificate was not granted despite an online request since there was no death on the registry, according to the report.
The judge wasn’t impressed by her lawyer’s claims that she had physical and mental health issues and had been through a series of catastrophes.
The court was cited as stating, “This offence was plainly the consequence of some degree of thinking and preparation by you.” “I am confident that this was an attempt on your behalf to deceive the cops.”
