A NSW mother who faked having cancer and ripped off sports organisations and charities has been sentenced to at least nine months in jail.
Melissa Irene Quinn previously pleaded guilty to making a false document to obtain a financial advantage, using a false document to obtain a financial advantage, and dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
Before the 34-year-old's guilty plea, police alleged she raised tens of thousands of dollars after claiming cancer diagnoses.
In 2014, she told a local newspaper in northern NSW she had inoperable brain cancer and chances were she had only two years to live.
"I had cancer two-and-a-half years ago in the uterus, so it wasn't a huge surprise that it's come back," she told The Northern Star.
"But I am still overwhelmed and scared."
In Casino Local Court on Wednesday, magistrate David Heilpern sentenced Quinn to two years in jail with a non-parole period of nine months.
But the former cricketer, who played for NSW under-19s, was granted bail pending an appeal.
She was also ordered to pay more than $20,000 in compensation, including $10,000 to the Kerry Packer Cricket Foundation, $5000 to Cabramatta Rugby League Club and the NSW Cricket Association.
Her appeal has been listed for hearing at Lismore Local Court on July 24.
