However Mantach's remorse,willingness to come forward and cop to all his offending once he was found out,and failing marriage,were all taken into account as mitigating factors,the judge said.
Mantach stood steady in the County Court dock as the judge read his sentence,his face unreadable.
Mantach,42,pleaded guilty in May to 15 charges of obtaining a financial advantage by deception,related to pocketing 53 payments from Liberal coffers between May 2010 and January 2015.
Each charge carried maximum penalties of between 10 and 20 years in jail.