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Lawyers in the case of convicted attorney-at-law Norman Leroy Lynch made submissions on sentencing before the High Court on Friday, with the defence counsel indicating the disgraced lawyer was in no position to repay the money he stole.When the convicted thief’s case was called before the No. 2 Supreme Court, Justice Randall Worrell asked Acting Senior State Counsel Romario Straker and Lynch’s attorney Marlon Gordon to address him on the issue of compensation and delay.Lynch has been on remand at Dodds Prison since May 2022 after being found guilty of stealing $50 000 belonging to the estate of Arthur O’Neal Thomas between August 18, 2005, and December 21, 2008.He was also convicted of stealing $407 634, the proceeds of a FirstCaribbean International Bank cheque made payable to Leroy Lynch and belonging to Thomas’ estate, between June 22, 2007, and December 21, 2008; as well as money laundering in the disposal of $457 634, being the proceeds of crime, alsobetween June 22, 2007,

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