The case is the first of its kind since new public disclosure laws, designed to prevent government corruption, were introduced in 2010. "It wouldn't get past my six-year-old step-son," Cr Black said. Cr Black said Mr Morgan would be made a "laughing stock" once she made her appeal in the High Court. "It is a mockery to our legal system that the Crown has spent thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money [on this]. It's a joke," she said. Cr Black removed her shoes and leaned back in her chair as she continued to berate the magistrate.

"Even Legally Blonde had a better storyline than this. I should be working on my High Court appeal instead of going through amateur hour again. "When I go to the High Court, yes I'll be claiming my $300 million worth of damages. "This has been a travelling circus for the past few weeks." When I go to the High Court, yes I'll be claiming my $300 million worth of damages Cr Black was fined $3500 in total, and told to pay $5000 in costs.

In sentencing Cr Black, Mr Morgan said her “belligerent and arrogant” behaviour and disregard for the court had prompted him to impose a greater penalty than he otherwise would have. “Your conduct in these proceedings has exposed you to a higher penalty,” he said. “You made extensive, largely unintelligent submissions ... which occupied an inordinate about of court time. “You seem to me to have displayed little insight or deliberate blindness to the situation you are in. One could describe your approach ... as wilful blindness.” Mr Morgan, who placed his head in his hands several times during the hearing, said Cr Black had shown no remorse for her actions or the accusations of conspiracy she levelled at himself and Crown prosecutor Ben McMillan, but rather displayed “self-righteous indignation”.

“You arrogantly treated this [court process] as a mere annoyance,” he said. Since December, Cr Black has been trying to appeal a decision made by the Supreme Court, which found she misused the funds of a 66-year-old man with dementia, for whom she previously had power of attorney. Following that ruling, the Department of Local Government pressed today's charges against Cr Black. Outside court, she said she still intended to contest the next council election on April 28 having lodged her nomination yesterday. She said she believed she would still be able to contest her Logan ward because the implications of her conviction would not come into effect until the appeal process was exhausted.

When asked why Logan residents should vote for her, Cr Black replied, "I'll be the only councillor who will take their rights to the High Court. "It's not just about me and my family... This will set a precedent and I want to make sure that no one has to go through what me and my family have gone through." Arriving at the Beenleigh Magistrates Court this morning, Cr Black likened her ongoing legal battle to the O.J. Simpson trial. "I don't really know what today's about so we're going to go in and it's going to be a bit like a lucky dip," she said outside court on her arrival today. "You know, we'll see what the judge feels like today.

"It's kind of like turning into [something] bigger than the O.J. Simpson trial down at Beenleigh. "You know, like, this is really dragging on. "It's a bit of a joke, like I look at the charges and I look at the evidence and I'm just, like ... this is a bad mock trial, that's how bad it is." Cr Black was supported by her brother and parents in court today. She described her brother as her "drill sergeant", who ensured she arrived at court on time today.

Last week, Cr Black turned up six hours late for a court hearing, and then stormed out of another, leading to a warrant being issued for her arrest. She then remained in hiding at a friend's house in Bellbowrie, in Brisbane's west, where she was arrested seven days later. Her husband, fellow councillor Sean Black was not at court this morning.