Trevor Baines Gets 6 Year Sentence, Wife Walks Free

Thursday, 12 November 2009 00:00

Trevor Baines has been sentenced for 6 years for money laundering, with a 12 month sentence for false accounting to run concurrently.

His wife Wendy was given a 9 month sentence for her part in the false accounting which has been suspended for 2 years, she walked free from the courts.

The judge said that Mr Baines must have known that the $175 million he laundered was obtained by criminal means.

69 year old Mr Baines faced a potential sentence of 14 years.

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