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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katie Dickinson

Ex-Labour MP guilty of expenses fraud to fund cocaine habit

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A former Labour MP has been found guilty of making fraudulent expenses claims to fund a cocaine habit while in office.

Jared O’Mara was convicted of six counts of fraud after trying to claim around £24,000 of taxpayers’ money for his “extravagant lifestyle”.

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