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Politics
Mikey Smith

Ex-MP Jared O'Mara GUILTY of fraud after claiming £24,000 to fund cocaine lifestyle

Former MP Jared O'Mara has been found guilty of six counts of expenses fraud.

O'Mara, 41, who defeated Nick Clegg to represent Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, went on trial for submitting "dishonest" invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) between June and August 2019.

Leeds Crown Court heard that he made four claims for a total of £19,400 from a "fictitious" organisation called Confident About Autism South Yorkshire, which jurors were told referred to his friend, John Woodliff.

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