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Robinson steps down after 'pocketing' jewelry
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| Last Edited | User 13 Apr 15, 2004 01:51pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Admitting he 'pocketed' jewelry at a recent public sale, veteran NDP MP Svend Robinson has announced that he's taking a leave of absence from his political duties.
Struggling to choke back tears at a Vancouver news conference, Robinson told reporters that he has been suffering from "severe stress and emotional pain" since a near-fatal hiking accident in late 1997.
His personal problems culminated last Friday, he said, when he engaged "in an act that was totally inexplicable."
"I pocketed a piece of expensive jewelry," he admitted, before adding that he can't explain what happened.
"Something just snapped in this moment of total, utter irrationality." |
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