The former CEO of the IWK children's and maternity hospital in Halifax has been found guilty for a second time of fraud, with a judge ruling she used a corporate credit card and flights paid for by the hospital for personal reasons and didn't admit to it until she was caught.

Tracy Kitch appeared by video Friday as Associate Chief Judge Ronda van der Hoek handed down her decision following a retrial that was ordered after the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned an earlier conviction due to errors by another judge.

"Her actions were dishonest and deprived the IWK of monies meant to address health-care needs for mothers and children in this province," van der Hoek said in provincial court in Kentville, N.S.

The prosecution argued at trial that during Kitch's tenure as the head of the

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