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Tristan Kirk

Police Federation consultant faces jail for House of Lords payment fraud

A Police Federation consultant who lied about payments to members of the House of Lords as he helped himself to part of £250,000 set aside for improving policing is facing jail for fraud.

Christopher McEvoy, 47, claimed to have paid peers including Baroness Ruth Henig and Lord Gordon Wasserman £77,000 for expenses and advice to the Constables Advisory Panel between 2014 and 2015.

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