By Pulse Tasmania
Publication Date: 2026-05-23 19:00:00
A Tasmanian man has been jailed for using a fake medical certificate, possibly created using artificial intelligence, to skip a court date.
Christopher John Worker, 38, was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Tasmania last week after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.
The worker was due to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court in February after being given a sentence that suggested a partially suspended sentence.
Instead, his lawyer handed over a handwritten medical certificate claiming he was undergoing major surgery at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Police investigations revealed that the certificate was forged.
Hospital records indicated that Worker was not a patient there at any time between January 1 and February 20, 2026.
The fake document copied the doctor’s reference number and signature from a legitimate certificate issued to him in November 2025.
The doctor confirmed that he had not signed the February version.
The employee’s partner later admitted…
