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Former BC Legislature Clerk Charged
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The former Clerk of BC’s Legislature, Craig James has been charged with four counts of breach of trust by a public officer and two charges of fraud over five-thousand dollars.
In November of 2018, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Peter Juk appointed David Butcher and Brock Martland as Special Prosecutors to provide legal advice to the RCMP in an investigation into allegations of misspending at the legislature.
Their appointments followed the release of a report by Legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas in 2018 alleging that millions in taxpayer dollars had been misspent.
James and Sergeant at Arms Gary Lenz were implicated in accusations that taxpayers had paid for unnecessary expenses, such as a wood splitter and trailer for the legislature, clothes, and expensive overseas trips.
Craig Palin suffered a fractured cheekbone and severe facial bruising inflicted by doorman Matthew Brown. Brown, aged 30, had previously expressed anger about Mr Palin, posting a mocked up “Wanted” poster of him on Facebook offering “cash now for his whereabouts”. Brown then tracked Mr Palin down and attacked him before taking him on a 25 mile journey round Bolton during which he was repeatedly assaulted. He served up his particular brand of summary justice, Michael Maher, prosecuting, told Bolton Crown Court Mr Maher said Brown had rung police on July 2 alleging his Vauxhall Corsa had been stolen by Mr Palin. Six days later the defendant put up a post on Facebook which superimposed Mr Palin s face onto a Wanted poster , said Mr Maher, adding that Brown offered cash now for whereabouts .
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Victoriaâs Court of Appeal has asked lawyers to examine how other countries assess indigenous disadvantage as a sentencing factor before it considers increasing the jail term of the man who murdered Aiia Maasarwe.
Prosecutors want Codey Herrmannâs 36-year jail term for murdering the international student in Bundoora last year to be raised on the grounds the punishment was manifestly inadequate.
Codey Herrmann enters the Supreme Court for a hearing last year.
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Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth jailed Herrmann for 36 years, to serve 30 years before he is eligible for parole, after he pleaded guilty to murder after attacking Ms Maasarwe on January 16 last year.
A lot of smoke : Cardinal Pell claims church figures targeted him over finance probe
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Cardinal George Pell has linked the charges he faced in Australia to his efforts to clean up the Vaticanâs finances, claiming senior Catholic Church figures targeted him as he probed corruption allegations at the highest levels of the church.
Cardinal Pell was cleared of child sexual abuse charges earlier this year and told Italian current affairs program