Church fraudster spared prison for sake of blind wife

Disgraced former treasurer cashed £50k in cheques to feed drink and gambling addictions

Colnallon/Warrenpoint Parish Church

Paul Higgins

A disgraced former church treasurer who cashed £50,000 in cheques to feed his drink and gambling addictions has narrowly avoided jail.

A defence lawyer for Edwin Reginald Wallace asked that the 66-year-old’s crimes be dealt with through an enhanced combination order of probation and community service.