Posted on 11/26/2021 4:20:11 AM PST by naturalman1975
A disgraced former West Australian MP has been labelled the "Pinocchio of parliament" by a judge who jailed him for lying about his military service and qualifications.
Former Labor MP Barry Urban claimed to have been part of an international police taskforce in 1998 that investigated atrocities in Bosnia.
He publicly wore a medal which he said was awarded for that service but turned out to be fake.
In fact, he had never served in the Balkans, although he continued to claim otherwise including under questioning from a parliamentary committee.
Urban pleaded guilty earlier this year to a number of offences, including knowingly giving false evidence before parliament.
WA District Court Judge Carmel Barbagallo on Thursday jailed Urban for three years, saying that by lying about his military service the 52-year-old had disrespected "every serviceman and woman who has served their country in war-torn locations".
"The audacity and arrogance you have demonstrated in lying about your wartime experiences is extraordinary," the judge said.
"You have created a fabric of lies upon lies upon lies, about matters which are important, and in circumstances which are serious.
"You are, in fact, the real life Pinocchio of parliament."
Urban also admitted forging documents suggesting he had a University of Leeds degree and a University of Portsmouth certificate of higher education.
He included those documents as part of his application to join the WA Police Force which was granted in 2005.
Two years later, he applied to join the force's detective training program. He submitted a falsified record of his military service and lied about having served as a detective in the United Kingdom.
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Fake medals? He would qualify to be a Senator here in the U.s.
here he would get a job with MSNBC.
Paging Connecticut Senator Dick “I fought in Vietnam” Blumenthal...
He 3 more years than Teddy Kennedy got for drowning his date.
Or,Hillary got for an illegal server.
Or,for the coordinated efforts to frame Trump.
Or...the list is endless...
Like lyin Brian Williams?
Senator Blumenthal? Are you paying attention?
HA..! I was thinking the same thing... Sounds like the typical democrat to me... :)
Don't forget Dementia Joe who has lied about everything ranging from insisting the driver of the truck that ended up killing his wife in that accident (Dementia Joe kept saying the guy was drunk(he wasn't)), to stealing Neil Kinnock’s speech and pretending it was him, to lying about sexually assaulting Tara Read to claiming he was arrested in South Africa when he tried to see Mandela (never happened) etc etc .
We can fill a hundred pages with a list of Joe Biden's serious lies.
Unfortunatly Australia is so far gone they would make her Prime Minister.
Or as Pres. Trump called him, “Da Nang Dick”.
“ Or as Pres. Trump called him, “Da Nang Dick”. “
Sounds like a Nam disease like the Black Clap
Well qualified for the Biden /Administration....
Experienced LIAR.
Yup! Trump nailed him good.
For any soldier...American,British,Australian,etc...to do anything of that sort is dishonest and incredibly disrespectful to those who've *earned* a particular medal or title.
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