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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Ex Labour MP Jared O’Mara jailed for fraud to fund ‘extensive’ cocaine habit

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Former Labour MP Jared O’Mara has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of fraud to fund his “extensive” cocaine habit.

O’Mara, who represented Sheffield Hallam until June 2019, was convicted of six counts of fraud after trying to claim around £24,000 of taxpayers’ money for work that was never carried out and jobs that did not exist.

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