NSW: Former minister to be sentenced today

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2004
NSW: Former minister to be sentenced today

A former New South Wales minister is to be sentenced today after he admitted lying
to the state's corruption watchdog.

RICHARD FACE has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the Independent Commission
Against Corruption and now faces a maximum penalty of $5,000 or 12 months in jail.

He says he was under severe stress at the time and he panicked.

Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court has been told FACE wrote to the commission denying
allegations he used ministerial staff to help set up the consultancy he began after stepping
down as gaming and racing minister.

But at a commission hearing in November 2003 FACE conceded he did not tell the truth.

He'll be sentenced today by Magistrate PAT O'SHANE.

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KEYWORD: FACE (SYDNEY)

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