Jared O’Mara, a former Labour MP who represented Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, has been convicted of fraud for filing £24,000 worth of fake expenses to fund his cocaine habit.
MP has been convicted of fraud for filing £24,000 worth of fake expenses to fund his cocaine habit.
The claims were all in different formats and were riddled with inconsistent references. All were either rejected or not processed, with one being rejected by Ipsa three times in June and July. He also submitted two invoices for his ‘chief of staff’, Arnold, who he hired in June 2019 – though prosecutors claimed this work was never carried out.The court was told Ipsa – a regulator set up after the expenses scandal – did not pay out any of the claims due to a lack of evidence work was done.
In a phone call played to the jury, Arnold said: ‘It’s a bit of a tricky one, but yesterday I spoke to the 999 service and the mental health crisis team about my employer, who I believe is suffering a severe psychotic episode and has delusions of a conspiracy against him.Arnold – the only one of the three defendants to give evidence – said he ‘absolutely’ did work on both invoices and O’Hara ‘regularly’ called him.
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