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Court hears Peter Bartlett told Patrick Keogh he could have pile of gold ore

Patrick Keogh (from left), Christopher Burns, Morgan Dombroski, Russell Holden and Simon Gash are on trial in the Kalgoorlie District Court. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)

A defence lawyer for one of the alleged ringleaders in a million-dollar gold stealing case says his client had permission from his long-time employer to profit off mineralised waste as a "reward".

Patrick Ryhan Keogh, 42, who was manager of operations at FMR Investments from 2009 to 2020 and promoted to general manager in 2018, is one of five people on trial over the alleged theft of gold-bearing ore from the Greenfields Mill near Coolgardie.

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