MLA Zinck has spending scandal case adjourned to August
Posted Jul 19, 2012 05:19:28 PM.
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A Nova Scotia politician charged in the province’s legislative spending scandal has had his case adjourned until the end of August.
Independent member Trevor Zinck is charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust.
His case was set over in Nova Scotia Supreme Court until Aug. 31 for a pre-trial conference and Sept. 6 to set trial dates.
Zinck, who was not in court today, is one of four provincial politicians charged in February 2011 following an investigation into constituency allowance spending.
Former Tory cabinet minister Richard Hurlburt will be sentenced next week after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the public purse of more than $25,000.
Dave Wilson, a former Liberal member, was sentenced earlier this year to nine months in jail for spending nearly $61,000 in public money to feed a gambling addiction.
Former Liberal Russell MacKinnon has pleaded not guilty to fraud, breach of trust and uttering forged documents, and his trial is set to begin next year.
