'GPO girl' Samatha flies away from media glare

The case of 25-year-old Samantha Azzopardi demands compassion rather than condemnation, writes Noel Baker

SO she’s gone. Samantha Azzopardi may well have touched down on Australian soil by the time you read this, bringing an end to one of the more peculiar cases of lost or hidden identity this country has seen.

It emerged in recent days that Samantha, 25, from Campbelltown in New South Wales, has had more than 40 aliases in the past and also has a conviction for fraud.