A former Labour MP has been found guilty of making fraudulent expenses claims - with the money being used to fund a cocaine habit while in office.
Jared O'Mara was convicted of six counts of fraud after attempting to claim roughly £24,000 of taxpayers' money on his "extravagant lifestyle". The 41-year-old operated as an MP for the Sheffield Hallam constituency from 2017 to 2019.
He went on trial for submitting "dishonest" invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) between June and August 2019. Leeds Crown Court heard how he made four claims for a total of £19,400 from a "fictitious" organisation known as Confident About Autism South Yorkshire.
