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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, ....
The days of convicted lawyers Vonda Pile and Cheraine Parris being able to practise law in Barbados could be near an end.That’s because the Barbados Bar Association has started the process that could lead to their eventual disbarment based on their theft convictions.Word of this has come from its president Rosalind Smith-Millar, who told Barbados TODAY that the association also intends to proceed similarly against two other recently convicted lawyers, Ernest Jackman and Norman Lynch.However, she stressed, the procedure to do so was not straightforward. ....
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Judge denies lawyer bail, remands him pending sentencing for stealing client funds barbadostoday.bb - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barbadostoday.bb Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.