Former natural resources minister Ed Byrne pleaded guilty to two of the charges against him resulting from the House of Assembly spending scandal.
He pleaded guilty to a count of fraud and another to a count of fraud against the government.
The Crown dropped other charges as part of a plea agreement worked out with Bryne through his lawyer, Robert Simmonds, Q.C.
Simmonds’ media scrum outside court is available here in ram format.
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