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Crooked former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll has been jailed for at least 18 months after he was sentenced for six years over 15-fraud related offences.
The former LNP state member for Redcliffe was arrested in 2014 but only taken into custody on Monday before his sentencing in the Brisbane District Court for the offences.
Former Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll is sentenced to six years jail for fraud related offences but will be eligible for parole after 18 months. Nine News
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Former Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll is sentenced to six years jail for fraud related offences but will be eligible for parole after 18 months. Nine News
Driscoll pleaded guilty in November to soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in secret commissions from supermarkets in 2011 and 2012.
Judge Deborah Richards on Friday sentenced Driscoll to six years' jail, in line with a recommendation from prosecutors, but ordered he be released on early parole, meaning he could be free in 18 months.
Defence barrister Kylie Hillard had asked for a four-and-a-half-year sentence, suspended after six or 12 months due to Driscoll's mental and physical health issues.
Driscoll resigned in disgrace from state Parliament in November 2013 for misleading the House about his financial interests and his role in the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association (QRTSA).
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A year later he was charged by the Crime and Corruption Commission for soliciting secret commissions worth at least $400,000 on behalf of the QRTSA from Wesfarmers and Woolworths in October 2012 while he was in office.