2026-02-20
Pastor who embezzled €125k from own church has sentence cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Oduntan was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, by Judge Martina Baxter. He submitted that the trial judge erred in placing the case at the upper range of offending, noting that the total amount involved, approximately €125,000, was lower than in other cases where shorter sentences had been imposed.