by EMDEE » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:01 pm
I would have thought that it was the job of Rauf's defence lawyer to present his case for mitigation, not an elected representative. It's difficult to believe that anyone in Ms Sturgeon's position, knowing the facts of this case and Rauf's criminal history, would wish to make a plea for leniency on behalf of someone who was already jailed for 3 years in 1996 for forging signatures on 779 DSS payment orders and involving £58000 when he was a sub-postmaster. What is also truly astonishing is that someone like Rauf, who is effectively a serial fraudster, would have the temerity to approach an MSP to try to gain support when the crime he has committed is the telling of lies in order to fraudulently obtain public money i.e. taxpayers money. It looks like Rauf is an incorrigible thief, and Ms Sturgeon would have been better advised not to have become involved.
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