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Former trustees are off the hook for $486,000 stolen from its hapū, judge rules

Former trustees are off the hook for $486,000 stolen from its hapū, judge rules
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Court of Appeal declines thieving ex Taranaki cop s second bid to appeal his minimum jail sentence

Andy Jackson/Stuff In August 2019, former police officer Shaun Keenan was jailed for three years and eight months for stealing $486,000 from his hapū. (File photo) A former Taranaki cop who fleeced nearly half a million dollars from his hapū of Ngāti Te Whiti has lost his second bid to bring an appeal against his jail sentence. Shaun Joseph Keenan was imprisoned for three years and eight months in New Plymouth District Court on August 20, 2019, after stealing $486,045.71 from Ngāti Te Whiti Whenua Tōpū Trust during the five years he was employed as the organisation s chief executive officer. From 2014 he had full access to the trust bank accounts and the ability to authorise payments, but by the end of 2016 there was no money to pay the salaries of employees and honorariums of the trustees and his contract was terminated.

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Trustees of a Taranaki hapū trust withdraw from their appointments

SIMON O CONNOR/Stuff Three trustees of Ngāti Te Whiti Whenua Tōpu Trust have withdrawn from their appointments. The trust manages the assets of Ngāti Te Whiti hapū people, whose rohe includes Ngāmotu. Three trustees managing the assets of a Taranaki hapū have stepped down, kicking off another election process. The Ngāti Te Whiti Whenua Tōpu Trust tumult comes as it awaits the Māori Land Court decision on whether trustees who served during the time former chief executive Shaun Keenan stole $486,000 were liable for the loss. The five trustees nominated for a new term due to commence this month were announced late last year following an election process.

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Māori Land Court judge to rule on trustee liability after $486k theft

A two-day hearing was held in October, where evidence was heard from trustees and independent lawyer Spencer Webster, who was commissioned by the court to investigate the trust’s affairs. During the course of his review, Webster found none of the trustees had been involved in Keenan’s offending or colluded with him, but he did point out several “performance issues” which could have contributed to the fraud, including a delay in having the 2014 accounts audited. However, the trustees deny this and maintain they acted honestly in connection with all trust property and their reliance on Keenan and the information he provided to them was reasonable due to standing in the community as a former police officer and member of a prominent whānau.

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