embezzled more than £350,000 from a student charity has escaped a jail sentence - and instead been ordered to pay a massive fine.
Ian Brash used the embezzled cash to buy himself a new Alfa Romeo, two Land Rovers and a wind turbine for use on land he owns in East Lothian.
The scheming father-of-two also paid thousands of pounds to fund deposits for properties for his children and spent thousands on large vet bills run up by his family.
Brash, 68, admitted taking £358,832 from the Dr Robert Malcolm Trust [DRMT] between 2010 and 2014 after he had appointees the sole trustee of the charity which was set up to provided financial assistance to British medical students and doctors.Sentence had been deferred for more than two years for Brash to.
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