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Former BRADAAG CEO jailed for defrauding Tennant Creek rehab service of nearly $250,000
The former head of a remote Northern Territory town’s only drug and alcohol rehabilitation service has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for defrauding the organisation of nearly $250,000.
Key points:
- Stewart Naylor was sentenced to five years and three months in prison
- The court heard he stole money intended for vulnerable community members
- Justice Judith Kelly said she did not think Naylor was genuinely remorseful
Stewart Naylor, 60, was the director and then CEO of Barkly Region Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Group (BRADAAG) for nine years.
He pleaded guilty in November to seven counts of obtaining benefit by deception.
BRADAAG runs the only sobering-up shelter in the town of Tennant Creek, which has struggled with…
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