A District Court jury has found independent Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell guilty of multiple theft and dishonesty offences after deliberating for two days.
Troy Bell had pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonest dealing with documents before the trial began.a District Court jury has found Bell guilty of 20 counts of theft and five counts of dishonest dealing with documents.An independent MP accused of theft has been found guilty of 20 counts of theft, after a three-month trial.
She said it was alleged that the funds he stole — totalling $436,023.24 — were intended to be used for the purpose of not-for-profit associations in the South-East, which invoiced Millicent High School to fund the ILC. He won the March 2014 election as a Liberal candidate, but quit the party after he was charged in 2017.
He said it was an "entirely detached as a matter of commonsense" that Bell would steal from the program.
Fraud Trial Jury Verdict District Court Nick Healy Jemma Litster ICAC Judge Soulio ILC Isobel Redmond
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