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Josh Salisbury

Former MP Jared O’Mara guilty of six counts of expenses fraud to fund cocaine habit

A disgraced former MP has been found guilty of six counts of fraud relating to his expenses claims while in office in 2019.

Jared O’Mara, 41, who represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, was on trial at Leeds Crown Court for submitting fake invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to fund a cocaine habit.

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