Houses of Parliament
Westminster
London
Friday, February 05, 2010

Britain’s finest thieves served up on a platter courtesy of the Houses of Parliament

David Chaytor - MP for Bury North

Jim Devine – MP for Livingstone

Elliot Morley – MP for Scunthorpe

Lord Hanningfield - Conservative Peer who is also leader of Essex County Council

Some of the most respected politicians in the country will be charged with the following

Features :-

• The police will be pressing charges on several accounts of false expenses claims

• David Chaytor
• The first count alleges that in May 2006 Mr Chaytor dishonestly claimed £1,950 for computer services by using false invoices
• The second count alleges that between September 2005 and September 2006 Mr Chaytor dishonestly claimed £12,925 for renting a property in Regency Street, London, when he was in fact its owner.
• The third charge alleges that between September 2007 and January 2008 Mr Chaytor dishonestly claimed £5,425, purportedly for renting a property in Bury, Lancashire, from his mother

• Jim Devine
• The first count alleges that between July 2008 and April 2009 Mr Devine dishonestly claimed £3,240 for cleaning services using false invoices.
• The second count alleges that in March 2009 Mr Devine dishonestly claimed £5,505 for stationery using false invoices

• Elliot Morley
• The first count alleges that between April 2004 and February 2006, Mr Morley dishonestly claimed mortgage expenses of £14,428 for a house in Winterton, Lincolnshire.
• The second count alleges that between March 2006 and November 2007 Mr Morley dishonestly claimed mortgage expenses of £16,000 for the same property when there was no longer a mortgage on that property

• Lord Hanningfield
• 6 Charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for false accounting
• The charges allege that between March 2006 and May 2009, he dishonestly submitted claims for expenses to which he knew he was not entitled

So now we all know how elected politicians handle the tax payers money

Old boy, another large Gin n Tonic on Joe Public!

Let’s hope the prosecution holds and the Gin n Tonic is replaced by porridge!

Address and Contact Data

Houses of Parliament

Westminster
London
England

http://www.parliament.uk/