Thursday, July 5, 2012

Hurlburt Will Be Sentenced Today


Richard Hurlburt fields question concerning plans to reopen the Donkin Mine, in this Dec. 9, 2004 file photo. Richard Hurlburt pleaded guilty to fraud and breach of trust
Sentencing will be held today in Yarmouth for a former provincial politician charged in the province's spending scandal.  Richard Hurlburt pleaded guilty in April to fraud and breach of trust. 

Hurlburt resigned from the legislature on February 9, 2010, following revelations that he had spent his constituency allowance on a generator and a 40" television, which together cost over $11,000.

The former Tory cabinet minister is the second former member of the legislature to plead guilty in the scandal.  Former Liberal Dave Wilson was sentenced in April to nine months in jail for defrauding the public purse of 61-thousand dollars.