Former Labour MP has been jailed
He claimed he was entitled to be paid the two invoices relating to his friend Gareth Arnold, which totalled £4,650.
Mark Kelly KC, defending O’Mara, told the court that his client expressed remorse: "for his failure to resign in October 2017" when controversial comments he made online before becoming an MP were revealed.
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