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A former prison inmate convicted of stealing more than $180,000 from a not-for-profit charity she co-founded, some of which she spent on the installation of an airconditioning system in her home, will avoid jail time.
Between 2016 and 2017, Kathlin Armstrong, 53, the then president of the board of management of The Women in Prison Advocacy Network, now the Women s Justice Network (WJN), stole $182,734 from the organisation in a series of transactions ranging from $7818 to $55,604.
Kathlin Armstrong was convicted of stealing from a charity she co-founded.
Credit:Jessica Hromas
On Thursday, Armstrong was sentenced at Sydney Downing Local Court to a two-year and six months intensive corrective order, six months of which will be spent in home detention. She will serve the remaining time in the community under strict conditions.