教会の12万5千ユーロを盗用した罪で有罪判決を受けたエベネザー・オダンタンの刑期は 7年から6年に短縮された. Former pastor Ebenezer Oduntan's prison sentence for embezzling €125,000 from his church was reduced from seven to six years.

元牧師のエベネザー・オダンタンは,控訴裁判所が87件の窃盗と詐欺の有罪判決の深刻さを認め,元の判決を"かなり高い"と判断した後に,最後の6ヶ月を休止したまま,7年の懲役刑を6年に短縮させられた. 2010年から2020年までキルダー郡のシティ・オブ・デイヴィッド教会を率いていたオダンタンは,教会資金を個人支出に悪用し,税金還付を確保するために寄付請求を膨らませることで約125,000ユーロを横領した. Former pastor Ebenezer Oduntan had his seven-year prison sentence reduced to six years with the final six months suspended after the Court of Appeal upheld the seriousness of his 87 theft and fraud convictions but found the original sentence “somewhat too high.” Oduntan, who led the City of David Church in County Kildare from 2010 to 2020, embezzled about €125,000 by misusing church funds for personal expenses and inflating donation claims to secure tax rebates. 被害者は彼の教区民であったため,裁判所は彼の信頼の侵害が深刻であることを認め,裁判を延期し,賠償を妨げた彼の遅い有罪状を批判した. The court acknowledged his breach of trust was severe, especially as victims were his own parishioners, and criticized his late guilty pleas, which prolonged the trial and prevented restitution. 訴状は,前項の有罪判決も,適正性の欠如も指摘していないが,減刑は,説明責任を維持しながら,更正を支援することを目的としている. The appeal noted no prior convictions and the absence of mitigation, but the reduced sentence aims to support rehabilitation while maintaining accountability.