A serial fraudster who posed as a qualified nanny is appealing a prison sentence she was handed for stealing the children in her care.Samantha Azzopardi, 32, is already eligible for release on parole under the sentence she was handed by Victorian Magistrate Johanna Metcalf on Friday.
Samantha Lyndell Azzopardi was sentenced to two years behind bars in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday for a string of fraud and child stealing charges, with a non-parole period of one year.
After she made global headlines pretending to be a teenager in Ireland and Canada, no one heard about Samantha Azzopardi for several years. But in that time, she was conning families across Melbourne.
The 32-year-old Victorian woman has already spent more than 570 days behind bars on remand.
On Friday, the Melbourne Magistrates Court heard the compulsive liar planned to leave Victoria immediately upon her release, but refused to tell authorities who she would reside with.
Alleged fake au pair Samantha Azzopardi admitted she defrauded families by lying about her identity
She posed as a qualified au pair named Harper Hernandez, dishonestly obtaining $6500 in wages over six months
Police fear if Azzopardi is cut loose without some form of judicial monitoring she will blend back into society and recommence living out a fantasy life.