A former IT worker for Dundee City Council who was sentenced to five years and four months imprisonment for fraud has successfully appealed against the length of his sentence.
Mark Conwayscase was referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in August 2019. The SCCRC referred the sentence on the basis that there was evidence that Dundee City Council had recovered sums equal to the value of the fraud.
The appeal was heard in theAppeal Court of the High Court of Justiciaryby theLord Justice General, Lord Carloway, sitting withLord MenziesandLord Turnbull.
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The appellant was employed as an IT officer for Dundee City Council between 1986 and 2016. He was regarded as th…
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