from her nanny; she then ran up a bill on the card totaling £3,903. She was arrested for that, and then released on bail. While out on bail, she stole another credit card from her business assistant; she then ran up a bill on the card totaling £1,030. She was arrested for that, and then released on bail again. In 2004, while out on bail, she stole another credit card and ran up bills on the card; she also committed other thefts. The trial, for the crimes committed during 2002–2004, was originally scheduled to be held in February 2005. Before the trial, however, Damji telephoned the main prosecution witness and, pretending to be from the Crown Prosecution Service, she told the witness that he did not need to attend court; consequently, the witness did not turn up, and so the trial had to be adjourned. While the trial was adjourned, Damji stole more credit cards and committed further crimes. On 14 May 2005, Damji was arrested, and this time bail was refused. Afterwards, a trial was held, and it concluded on 13 October 2005. Damji pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, 11 counts of obtaining property or services by deception, and two counts of perverting the course of justice. The thefts totaled about £50,000. Damji was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. The judge in the trial described her as "thoroughly dishonest and manipulative". Damji was temporarily released from Downview Prison, on 22 July 2006, to attend a meeting with her Open University tutor, but did not return as required that same day. She was re-arrested by police five days later, on 27 July. While Damji was in prison, she began writing her autobiography; she finished the writing shortly after her release. The book was eventually published, in July 2009, under the title Try Me. In the book, Damji claims to have been rehabilitated and put her criminal past behind her. Weeks after she was released from prison, Damji began committing further frauds. In July 2009, Damji pleaded guilty to three counts of dishonestly making false representations to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, which included benefit frauds of £17,000; she additionally pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly making false representations to landlords, which included defrauding one landlord of £7,685. On 29 January 2010, Damji was sentenced to 15 months in prison. At the trial,