Should a pregnant woman be sent to prison?

A senior lawyer who stole nearly $200,000 from clients of two law firms has been sentenced to prison despite being pregnant.

Emma Jane Garnett, 35, pleaded guilty to six counts of false accounting and two of using a document for pecuniary advantage.

The North Shore woman was sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Anne Kiernan in the Auckland District Court.

She is three months pregnant.

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