2nd MP admits to Expenses fraud...
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bbc said:
MP Eric Illsley has admitted he fraudulently claimed more than £14,000 in parliamentary expenses.
He pleaded guilty to three false accounting charges over claims for council tax, maintenance, repairs and utility bills for his second home.
Illsley, appearing at Southwark Crown Court, previously denied all charges.
He was re-elected as Labour MP for Barnsley Central in May, but was suspended from the party after being charged and now sits as an independent.
He had previously denied dishonestly claiming more than £25,000 but his barrister, William Coker QC, said his client had admitted wrongly claiming a revised sum of about £14,500.
sounds like a bit of a plea bargaining going on there...He pleaded guilty to three false accounting charges over claims for council tax, maintenance, repairs and utility bills for his second home.
Illsley, appearing at Southwark Crown Court, previously denied all charges.
He was re-elected as Labour MP for Barnsley Central in May, but was suspended from the party after being charged and now sits as an independent.
He had previously denied dishonestly claiming more than £25,000 but his barrister, William Coker QC, said his client had admitted wrongly claiming a revised sum of about £14,500.
i do think the jail sentance given to Chaytor has given him doubts about going ahead with a not guilty verdict
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