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The Aughrim community were out in force last weekend to celebrate the 99th birthday of beloved local character Maureen Newsome at a packed-to-capacity party in the Granite City Café.
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Solicitor jailed for 10 years for misappropriating millions meant for charities By Naomi Neilson|17 March 2021 A Sydney-based solicitor has been jailed for 10 years for misappropriating more than $6 million that two deceased clients had left to charitable organisations. Mark Lee O'Brien was handed the sentence in the District Court of NSW after it found him guilty of fraudulently obtaining more than $6 million from his clients in 2015, 2017 and 2018 to purchase a $3.5 million property and to allegedly intend to use some of the funds to keep his firm afloat. He will serve a non-parole period...
Sydney lawyer Mark Leo O'Brien jailed for spending money meant for charities on new multi-million dollar Bondi home By Alison Xiao © Provided by ABC NEWS Mark Leo O'Brien also used the money to pay off mortgages and support his children. (Supplied) A disgraced Sydney solicitor has been jailed for 10 years after misappropriating more than $6 million that deceased clients had left for charities. Mark Leo O'Brien, 64, formerly of the Edgecliffe firm Harrington, Maguire and O'Brien, was sentenced to a maximum of 10 years, with a non-parole period of six years, for 11 fraud of...