{"id":276352,"date":"2016-12-13T07:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T07:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=276352"},"modified":"2016-12-13T07:12:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T07:12:56","slug":"malaysian-student-who-spent-4-6-m-on-handbags-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/malaysian-student-who-spent-4-6-m-on-handbags-pleads-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian student who spent 4.6 m on handbags pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Malaysian student accused of splurging $4.6 million on luxury items after Westpac mistakenly gave her account an unlimited overdraft has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
Christine Jiaxin Lee arrived at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court on Tuesday wearing ripped jeans, a Monster energy drink cap and white canvas shoes.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old’s lawyer, Hugo Aston, told Daily Mail Australia they would be ‘vigorously defending the charges’ of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n
Christine Jiaxin Lee arrived at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court on Tuesday to plead not guilty after she allegedly spent $4.6 million when she was mistakenly given an unlimited overdraft<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ms Lee is pictured with a Chanel cushion and luxury handbags, including YSL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
‘We feel confident our client will be acquitted,’ Mr Aston said.<\/p>\n
Mr Aston said her family have travelled from Malaysia to support her through the matter.<\/p>\n
‘Her family are fully supportive of her. We are very much a united team,’ Mr Aston told Daily Mail Australia.<\/p>\n
Her family was not in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ms Lee plans on returning to Malaysia at the conclusion of the matter, he said.<\/p>\n