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Justine faces a heartbreaking betrayal
Justine loves having her mum around…but little did
she know that her mum is out to get her!
Justine (Bree Desborough) was a bit shocked at first when
her mother turned up unexpectedly, but later she was delighted
to spend some time with the mother she hardly knows. Mrs
Welles swore to Us that she was off the drugs and that her
life turned around, but what Justine never would expect
was the fact that she was lying.
Mrs Welles came to the Bay for making profit out of her
daughter by getting Justine to ‘confess' that she killed
little Ruby Collins… a crime she didn't commit! She
only when Justine is saying the sentence that everyone wants
to hear her say : ‘I did it, I killed the baby'. After
taping this sentence, she gives the tape to a reporter from
a big tabloid magazine in exchange for money.
Justine has no idea what is going on, so she's just happy
that her mum is around to support her when she goes to trial…
or so she thinks. But when she sees her mother driving away
in a cab with her bags loaded in the boot, she can't understand
why her mum would leave without saying a word.
Later when Justine turns up in court, she can't believe
her ears when her own mother is called as a witness for
the prosecution. This was a shock to her, but it was nothing
compared with the shock she feels when she hears what her
mum has to say…
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Shock outcome to Justine's trial
Justine thought her nightmare would end with the trial,
but it's only just beginning…
Justine has had the worst few weeks of her life : she was
charged with the manslaughter of Ruby Collins, a baby in
her care, even though she knew it was really Ruby's parents
who hurt her. So when her mother turned up in the Bay and
told her she just wanted to support her little girl, she
was very happy. But later she found out that the only reason
that her mum was actually there was to sell Justine's confession
to a magazine. Justine didn't really confess, but her mum
taped her saying something that sounded incriminating…
and then testified against her in court!
It was the ultimate betrayal for Justine, but the shock
of what her mother did doesn't even come close to what Justine
feels when the verdict is read out at her trial. She's found
GUILTY! Everyone who knows Justine knows that she never
should hurt that little girl. So a non believing jury sent
her to a juvenile detention centre. Meanwhile, the real
guilty person, Mr Collins, walks away scot-free and with
everyone feeling sorry for him.
Justine who still can't believe what's happening to her
arrives at the detention centre where she meets her new
cellmate, Gemma. Gemma doesn't trust Jus at first like everyone
else until Tom comes to visit. Jo, who has made Tom the
apple of her eye, only has Jus standing in her way.
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