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Stranraer FC Ex-Chairman told he Deserved Jail

FORMER Stranraer Football Club chairman Jim Bark has been told his attempts to defraud the club he was involved with for 40 years deserved a prison sentence.

Bark (59) was ordered to carry out 250 hours' unpaid work for the community when he appeared for sentence at Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court.

He admitted forming a fraudulent scheme to obtain £1000 from the club's weekly lottery draw.

Bark was told by Sheriff Kenneth Hogg that after his long service to the club his conduct had seen a spectacular fall from grace.

The Sheriff said it was an offence against the community as well as the club and merited a jail sentence.

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