Supreme Court grants Lombard Four leave to appeal sentences, but not convictions

Supreme Court grants Lombard Four leave to appeal sentences, but not convictions
Oct. 25 (BusinessDesk) - The Supreme Court has granted the four former directors of failed lender Lombard Finance & Investments leave to appeal their sentences on issues of fact, but turned down the application to have their convictions overturned. The country’s top court today turned down an attempt by former Justice Ministers Doug Graham and Bill Jeffries, former PR man for the Queen Lawrie Bryant and Lombard’s ex-boss Michael Reeves to appeal their convictions for signing off on false statements by omission in the finance company’s prospec...