Saturday, June 7, 2008

No jail for woman who stole from school council

Saturday, June 07, 2008

The former treasurer of Queensland Downs Elementary parent council will not have to go to jail for defrauding the group of more than $29,000.

Kimberley Ann Wilk was handed a conditional jail sentence of two years less a day, to be served in the community, on Friday by provincial court Judge Judith Shriar.

She will have to pay back the money, $3,000 of it right away and the rest at $500 a month until it has all been returned.

Shriar said it was aggravating that it was a trust theft and "was planned, as opposed to impulsive."

She also noted the parents' group was particularly vulnerable to being a victim of crime and that it has been harmed by lost revenue -- because it has not been able to get another casino fundraiser since -- and in its reputation.

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