Former Newfoundland cabinet minister Jim Walsh was found guilty December 7th of fraud and breach of trust. The charges stemmed from expense claims totaling just over 150-thousand dollars from Walsh's constituency allowance. Crown lawyer Frances Knickle (ka-NICK'-uhl) had hoped for a third conviction of influence peddling but said she was satisfied with the outcome. (Walsh always denied any wrongdoing, claiming he didn't know he was being overpaid from his taxpayer-funded account. Walsh was sentenced to 22 months and ordered to pay 144 thousand dollars in restitution for his role in the province's constituency allowance spending scandal.)

Date: 2009-12-07
Placeline: ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 15 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << as you know of course it's never the role of the crown to get a conviction with star job to see that Justice is done and we presented the evidence is best we we thought and judge or assess it as he thought so I'm not I'm not surprised it's a sound. >>

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