A beauty queen who told police burglars had stolen her car after she crashed it at 4am was once part of an in-house pop band at one of the country's top cabaret clubs.
Victoria McInerney smashed her Mercedes into a set of traffic lights on a main road, fled the scene then falsely reported the vehicle as stolen. She punched the air in delight after walking free from Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday.
The ECHO can now reveal the sales director and pilates studio owner's notable history in the entertainment world. Not only was the now 38-year-old crowned Miss Liverpool in her first beauty pageant as a teenager, McInerney also competed for the title of Miss England in 2003.
