‘Sorry, that’s my parrot’: Border-hopping conspiracy theorist in bizarre court appearance
A coronavirus conspiracy theorist who allegedly refused to give her details at a roadblock wants the case dropped because police accidentally listed her gender as male.
The woman who filmed herself driving through a police roadblock has asked for charges against her to be dropped (ABC image).
Eve Black, aka Eugenia Limberiou, was dramatically arrested by police who smashed her car window in July last year after she allegedly refused to give them her name and address.
She had earlier come to police attention after filming herself driving through a police roadblock.
She faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday by phone from Brisbane.
Black was not legally represented, but had a friend appear in support, claiming he had a 20-year background as a paralegal and was “rather familiar with how these things work”.
The man gave his name as Zeb Secured Party Creditor, and claimed he had changed his name through “uniform commercial code filings”.
He asked the magistrate to discharge the matter because of some “very incorrect filings”.
“For a start, Ms Limberiou has been listed as a male, which clearly isn’t the case,” he said.
“That’s the first major error.”
He later apologised when a loud squawk interrupted proceedings.
“Sorry, that’s my parrot,” he said.
The man argued the charges also alleged Black had refused to give her name and address, and stated a false name and address.
But he said statements from officers at the scene said she had given her correct details.
He asked the magistrate to grant a “plea in abatement” which he said could allow the matter to be discharged, or for matters to be corrected.
He said there were “false claims, misleading charges and incorrect information pertaining to her identity”.
The magistrate said a plea in abatement wasn’t something that existed in the court and said it seemed as if Black wanted to plead not guilty.
Her representative rejected that.
He also argued against details of the allegations being released to the media, claiming Black had a right to privacy.
“She’s copped enough by the media in the past 12 months since this started,” he said.
“There’s no consent for any media or public outlets to access any information or to tarnish her good name in the media any further.”
Victoria Police argued in support of details being released.
The case was adjourned for a conference with prosecutors.
