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RSS FeedsDisbarred lawyer, mother of four jailed for theft involving prominent diet doctor
(The Star Books)

 
 

20 september 2019 03:42:48

 
Disbarred lawyer, mother of four jailed for theft involving prominent diet doctor
(The Star Books)
 


A disbarred lawyer and mother of four young children was led out of a downtown Toronto courtroom in handcuffs Thursday after a judge sentenced her to three years in prison for two theft convictions relating to a real estate partnership with a well-known diet doctor.Saying he took “no pleasure” in handing her a penitentiary sentence, Justice Michael Code told Norma Walton, 49, there were no “exceptional mitigating circumstances” in this case that would justify a departure from the normal three- to five-year range.“I am satisfied that Ms. Walton’s otherwise good character and her standing in the community cannot mitigate her moral culpability for this kind of offence, which depends for its commission on trust of that very character and standing,” Code said reading from his 16-page decision.“I also note that the pattern of collateral acts of dishonesty employed by Ms. Walton, both to commit the offences and then to cover them up ... tends to cast doubt on her character for honesty in situations where she is under pressure and needs money.”After a four-week trial, a jury convicted Walton in June of two counts of theft for arranging — and then diverting to various places — $6 million worth of mortgage financing without the required consent of her business partner, Dr. Stanley Bernstein. The jury acquitted her of fraud and her husband, Ronauld Walton, of theft.Between 2010 and 2013, Bernstein invested about $110 million in 32 real estate projects that Walton bought and developed. The partnership imploded after Bernstein began to have concerns and directed his accountant to look into the projects. He discovered the two unauthorized $6 million mortgages and the fact Walton had used some of his money to purchase a $10 million mansion in the Bridle Path, Canada’s most exclusive neighbourhood where he also lives.The jury’s verdict did not attach a dollar figure to the thefts. Crown attorney Craig ...


 
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