A young university student at the centre of the Whitehouse Institute secret scholarship story is facing up to two years jail. Max Chalmers reports. A 21-year-old journalism student at the University of Technology, Sydney will face a Sydney Court this week to be sentenced for accessing student records that showed the Prime Minister’s daughter received a secret scholarship from the Whitehouse Institute of Design. In September, Freya Newman pleaded guilty to breaching Section 308(H) of the NSW Crimes Act, which forbids accessing restricted data held in a computer. The charge carries a jail sentence of up to two years. Newman worked as a part-time librarian at the Whitehouse Institute, quitting shortly after it was revealed Tony Abbott’s daughter Frances had been approached by the college to accept a rare scholarship. Ms Abbott paid just $7,546 for her $68,182 degree. At the time Tony Abbott was the Leader of the Opposition Read more: https://newmatilda/2014/10/21/freya-newman-be-sentenced-week-over-secret-abbott-scholarship
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:08:28 +0000