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Jack Gramenz

Fraudster former MP's overseas trip blocked by court

A magistrate has refused to vary Craig Thomson's bail so he can go to India for business. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Disgraced ex-MP Craig Thomson's bid to travel to India to oversee a shipment of garlic has been knocked back as he awaits sentencing for defrauding government grants.

The former federal politician faced Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Monday after previously being granted permission to leave the country while awaiting trial for a separate case in the district court.

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