Woman who posed as teenage girl found not guilty on charges of identity fraud

A 33-year-old woman who passed herself off as a 13-year-old girl and then a 12-year-old boy was found not guilty on charges of identity fraud in Brno on Friday. Upon announcement of the verdict, however, Barbora Škrlová was immediately re-arrested. Ms Škrlová is also a key witness in a high-profile child abuse case. A judge will now decide whether she should remain in custody until this child abuse trial takes place on June 17. She stood accused of identity fraud alongside one other individual, Kateřina Mauerová. Ms Mauerová posed as Barbora Škrlová’s adoptive aunt, and successfully had Ms. Škrlová taken into a children’s home from which she later escaped.

Author: Rosie Johnston