Ex-council buyer jailed for IT fraud
29 August 2012
A former purchaser at the London Borough of Havering has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for his part in an IT fraud.
Kevin Barry and three people from IT supplier Orbital Solutions sat impassively in the glassed-in dock at Southwark Crown Court last Friday as the presiding judge read out their sentences.
In his summing up, the judge said that Barry’s motive was solely greed and only a custodial sentence was suitable.
Barry was convicted on 10 counts of corruption...