Back in 2000 when I was still in full time employment, a workmate and friend was removed from his position and subsequently ceased his employment under a cloud of corruption claims. The strong rumours were that he had received financial inducements to provide services to which the recipients were not entitled.
At the time this seemed to me a fanciful allegation as the workmate had always seemed to behave to the highest ethical standards. Years passed and whilst alleged accomplices and the workmate were charged there was no word of the proceedings against them.
Until today. Newspaper reports today reveal that the workmate has been found guilty of corrupt behaviour and sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment with a non parole period of nine months. The sentence was less than the maximum four years that could have been laid down in part to compensate for the significant delay in bringing the matter to court.
This is a sad outcome for my former workmate but I assume justice has been served.
Here's an unbelievable coincidence. The page I read immediately before yours was the newspaper report of his sentencing.
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