A former WA politician who obstructed a secret corruption investigation into his misuse of his taxpayer-funded electoral allowance for travel and sex, and tipped off others about the probe, has been handed a suspended jail term and fined $12,000.
Phil Edman, a Liberal MP in WA's upper house between 2009 and 2017, had been due to stand trial today in the Perth Magistrates Court, but at the start of proceedings he changed his plea to guilty to the five charges against him.
