A woman who claims to be a Grenfell survivor has been jailed after pretending to be dead in a bid to dodge punishment for driving offences. Zoe Bernard, 38, gave a false name when caught driving carelessly while banned and without insurance - but when her real name was discovered she applied for a death certificate to try and convince police she had died.
She was eventually convicted for the driving matters in December last year, unsuccessfully arguing it was not her driving, but a male passenger. Southwark Crown Court heard she has a catalogue of previous convictions, including drink-driving, driving while disqualified, battery and assaulting police officers.
Now she has been jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice. Sentencing judge Martin Beddoe said Bernard, of Notting Hill, West London, had a history of "deploying and exaggerating '' traumatic experiences in her past to avoid responsibility for offending.
