He pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to obtaining financial advantage and property by deception and on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail.Ĭounty Court Judge Frank Gucciardo described Baird's actions as reprehensible, saying they 'defied decency'. When the pensioner eventually contacted those offices directly, there was no record of their conversations.īaird's crimes were uncovered in May 2020 when he was jailed for separate deceptions. His father repeatedly received calls and emails purporting to be from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, then-finance minister Robin Scott, MP Kim Wells and the Victorian Ombudsman about his locked account. Whenever the older man asked about his locked bank account, Baird said he was working with the ombudsman and the government to resolve the issue. He also contacted Centrelink and had his father's age pension payments redirected to his personal bank account.īetween June 2013 and May 2020, Baird received $152,423.33 in payments which should have gone to his father. Peter Michael Baird, 50, began deceiving his father in 2012 and pretended to be Victorian Premier Dan Andrews
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