WARMINGTON: Peel Region's 'Porsche Girl' gets bail twice in two days
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Three alleged car theft attempts. One man allegedly run over when his stolen Porsche reversed out of his driveway. Bail ordered by two justices of the peace.
Police say September has been a busy month for this 18-year-old Brampton woman.
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This is Ontario justice where mischief charges can land a woman in jail for 49 days of pre-trial custody for political protest while an accused facing multiple charges — including auto theft and operating an automobile causing bodily harm — serves just three days in jail before receiving bail.
In this case, Sarah Badshaw didn’t just get bail once. She got it twice — in just two days.
She was granted bail in a Finch Ave. courtroom Tuesday on new Toronto Police charges, just a day after being released on conditions at the Davis Courthouse in Brampton for charges laid by Peel Regional Police.
According to allegations, Badshaw may have looked like a harmless woman out to test-drive a used Porsche Cayenne that was being sold privately through online auto selling websites. But looks can be deceiving.
Police claimed this was an elaborate honey trap — a plan to trick, dupe or disarm unsuspecting marks by using a well-dressed, presentable young woman as bait.
But thanks to police, a lid has allegedly been put on the pot. In arresting a woman known as “Porsche Girl” for alleged crimes in their jurisdiction, Toronto Police officers are claiming a viral video of a brazen theft in Mississauga was no one-off.
It was, police asserted, a pattern. They alleged that by posing an interested buyer, this accused and accomplices developed a strategy to rip off car owners.
According to court records, police claim when it comes to using a ruse to commit car thefts, this suspect scored a hat trick.
“Sarah Badshaw, 18, of Brampton, was charged with theft of motor vehicle, attempt to commit an indictable offence and possession of property obtained by crime over,” said Toronto Police in a news release.
On Sept. 19, Badshaw was charged by Peel Regional Police with several counts, including operating a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. She was released on bail Monday only to be detained a short time later by Toronto Police officers who had her in court Tuesday morning on fresh charges.
Her detention was short-lived.
By the end of the workday Tuesday, police say she was free again on similar conditions handed out in Peel: She’s to stay away from alleged accomplices — all of whom are still at large. Her next court date in Toronto is Oct. 29, while she’s scheduled to appear in a Brampton court for the Peel charges on Oct. 23.
Meanwhile, police are alleging an extensive trail of crime.
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“On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., police responded to a call for a theft of a motor vehicle in the Kipling Ave. and Rathburn Rd. area” where police alleged “a male and female suspect attended a residence for a pre-arranged meeting to purchase the victim’s vehicle.” The owner “allowed them to enter the vehicle to inspect the interior and test the engine,” according to the accusations, before “the suspects started the vehicle and immediately drove it away.”
Police are still looking for “a black 2021 BMW X6 with Ontario licence plate CPXC183.”
These new charges, as well as the ones levelled by Peel Regional Police, have not been tested in court.
Toronto Police are basing their charges on two alleged incidents which they say came five days after a now-famous Sept. 6 auto theft, which was caught on video.
The doorbell security video shows a man run over — as the Porsche reverses down his driveway in Mississauga’s Winston Churchill Blvd.- Eglinton Ave. area — after a young woman posing as a potential buyer showed up at his door.
Then, on Sept. 16, at about 5 p.m., police responded to a call for a suspicious incident in the Dufferin St. and Yorkdale Rd. area where it is “alleged the same male and female suspect attended a parking lot for a pre-arranged meeting to purchase the victim’s vehicle.” The “female suspect approached the victim and requested to inspect the vehicle” but when she was “acting very nervous,” the “victim decided to end the interaction,” according to police.
Police say they are also looking for at least one other suspect: “An outstanding male suspect is described as South Asian with a thin build and a long black beard.”
As of now, in both Peel and Toronto, Badshaw is the only one facing charges, while her alleged male accomplices remain at large.
At least for now.
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