The former Labour MP Jared O’Mara has been found guilty of making fraudulent expense claims to fund a “galloping” cocaine habit.
O’Mara, 41, was an MP between 2017 and 2019 and was on trial at Leeds crown court for submitting fake invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) to help fund his addiction, the prosecution argued. He was convicted on Wednesday of six counts of fraud by false representation. The jury cleared him of two other fraud charges.
