Premium Content Subscriber only CORRUPT former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale could run for office again once he is released from jail. The 69-year-old was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in September for more than 30 criminal charges but is eligible for parole in October next year. The long list of offences he was found guilty of included official corruption, sexual assault, fraud, perjury and the unlawful possession of sex drugs. Paul Pisasale resigns as mayor at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital in 2017. In his 13-year stint as the city's mayor, 'Mr Ipswich' was a hugely popular figure and his last election victory in 2016 was a landslide with 83.45 per cent of the popular vote.