Sentencing for former MLA charged in spending scandal delayed

Posted Mar 28, 2012 03:13:34 PM.

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The sentencing hearing for a former Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature who pleaded guilty to charges in the province’s spending scandal has been rescheduled for a second time.

Dave Wilson was scheduled to be sentenced on Friday in Sydney provincial court, but that hearing has now been set for April 19.

A news release from the Public Prosecution service says as in a previous adjournment on Jan. 25, the Crown has requested more time to evaluate evidence the defence wants to present in court.

Wilson once represented the rural riding of Glace Bay.

He pleaded guilty in September to uttering forged documents, fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust.

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