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Adrian Black

EXPLAINED: No jail for theft from slain woman s family fundraiser | Rare Historical Photos

A man who defrauded a fundraiser organised for an alleged murder victim's family has avoided jail. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

A man who gambled more than $64,000 from a fundraiser he organised for an alleged murder victim's family has avoided jail time.

Lachlan Morganti, 26, was sentenced to 400 hours of community service in Ballarat Magistrates Court on Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to the April theft from the online fundraiser.

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