Penhouse Pet model walks free after refusing to give blood sample

A former Penhouse Pet model who refused to provide a blood sample to police who believed she was driving under the influence of ice has walked away with a good behaviour bond.

Burnetta Leila Hampson, 34, a former actress who has appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile, was pulled over on September 4, 2017, in Sydney’s Kings Cross.

After failing a breath test Hampson was arrested and was also charged for possessing ice after she was caught trying to throw away a bag of the drug.

Burnetta Leila Hampson (pictured) , 34, has walked away with a good behaviour bond after she refused to give police a blood and urine test

Hampson, a former model and actress, is believed to have been driving under the influence when she was stopped by police 

Hampson, a former model and actress, is believed to have been driving under the influence when she was stopped by police 

Hampson appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday pleading guilty to possessing the drug ice and two charges of refusing to provide a blood and urine sample to police.  

The Daily Telegraph reported Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson handed down a two year good behaviour bond and slammed Hampson for the dangerous and erratic driving she was doing in a highly populated area. 

‘From all accounts it was very erratic driving in the Potts Point area, it is quite a built-up area and there is a danger to the public,’ Ms Atkinson said. 

Hampson was also handed down a 12-month good behaviour bond for possessing  a prohibited drug, and she was disqualified from driving for four years.  

Her lawyer Daniel Kradolfer told the court that Hampson’s life spun out of control because of her drug addiction.

He told the court she is checking herself into rehab on Thursday at Concord Hospital to get better. 

She was given a two year good behaviour bond and a 12-month good behaviour bond for possessing a prohibited drug and disqualified from driving for four years 

She was given a two year good behaviour bond and a 12-month good behaviour bond for possessing a prohibited drug and disqualified from driving for four years 

Hampson lost custody of her 18-month-old son and the only way to see him is if she gets clean and goes to rehab

Hampson lost custody of her 18-month-old son and the only way to see him is if she gets clean and goes to rehab

The court also heard Hampson had lost custody of her 18-month-old son and the only way to see him is if she gets clean and goes to rehab.  

‘In the last few months she has been doing something about her situation,’ Mr Kradolfer told the court.  

Hampson was initially charged with driving under the influence of drugs but this was dropped because of her refusal to give blood and urine tests which concluded the evidence as insufficient.

'In the last few months she has been doing something about her situation,' Mr Kradolfer told the court

‘In the last few months she has been doing something about her situation,’ Mr Kradolfer told the court

Hampson was initially charged with driving under the influence of drugs but this was dropped because of her refusal to give blood and urine tests which concluded the evidence as insufficient

Hampson was initially charged with driving under the influence of drugs but this was dropped because of her refusal to give blood and urine tests which concluded the evidence as insufficient

 

 

  

 



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