<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis has pleaded guilty to charges linked to the deception.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 45-year-old woman admitted 11 charges when she appeared in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span> Magistrates Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman, from the western suburb of West Lakes, was arrested last December and accused of faking her son's cancer to secure $60,000 in donations from the community.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/sydney-weather-hottest-october-on-record-could-happen/54f06329-d148-4eae-99a5-a5c30a1b1d1d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussie city set to shatter blistering 37-year heat record</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors had alleged that she had been requesting donations through an online fundraising page and the child's school, after putting her son in a wheelchair with bandages to imitate radiotherapy treatment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In May, all charges against the woman's husband were dropped and her charges were amended to one count of criminal neglect, 56 counts of deception to obtain a benefit and 14 counts of dishonestly dealing with property.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, prosecutors told the court the case had been resolved after plea bargain negotiations.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-court-updates-mum-who-faked-sixyearold-sons-cancer-diagnosis-admits-to-11k-deception/70139139-d0ae-41d6-a5f3-936d150337ed" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-hamas-ceasefire-two-more-bodies-returned-to-israel-after-one-not-a-hostage/b3778ac5-eea7-4345-8642-27fd863baaf2" target="_blank"><strong><span>Israel, Hamas swap bodies after 'hostage' error threatens peace</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman, who appeared in court via video link from the Adelaide Women's Prison, admitted 10 charges of deception to obtain a benefit, totalling $11,500, for amounts ranging from $500 to $3000, between November 21 and December 12, 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The criminal neglect charge did not proceed and the woman instead pleaded guilty to one aggravated count of acts likely to cause harm to a person aged under 12.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When police revealed the allegations last year, acting Assistant Commissioner John DeCandia said he "couldn't think of a more devious and cruel scheme".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/household-stress-over-1-million-households-now-experiencing-cost-of-living-crisis/58a49c4d-6c2a-4f80-a049-5a4b901d4d73" target="_blank"><strong><span>More than a million households at critical stress point</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's abhorrent that (a person) would seek to profit for their own personal greed and selfishness from such an insidious condition such as cancer which impacts so many families in our community," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Patrick Hill remanded the woman in custody to face the District Court on November 28, when a date for sentencing submissions is expected to be set.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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