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Ex-MP jailed over expenses fraud loses appeal against prison sentence

Jared O’Mara, 41, represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Jared O'Mara will find prison 'difficult' and 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide

Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2023

Former MP Jared O’Mara’s chief of staff called the police about O’Mara’s false expense claims

Newly released audio reveals the moment former Labour MP Jared O’Mara’s chief of staff called 999 to report his false expense claims.

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023

Disgraced ex-MP Jared O’Mara jailed for four years over expenses fraud

Disgraced former MP Jared O’Mara has been jailed for four years over a £24,000 expenses fraud to bankroll his daily cocaine habit.

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023

Ex-MP Jared O'Mara jailed for FOUR YEARS over fraud to feed cocaine habit

O’Mara, 41 was convicted yesterday of six counts of fraud, after he and members of his staff attempted to submit fake expense claims worth £24,000 in the name of a fictitious disability support charity

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2023

Ex Labour MP Jared O’Mara jailed for fraud to fund ‘extensive’ cocaine habit

Former Labour MP tried to claim around £24,000 of taxpayers’ money for work that was never carried out and jobs that did not exist

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Jared O’Mara’s rise and fall from stunning election win to cocaine, vodka and fraud

O’Mara stunned the political world by beating Nick Clegg at the 2017 general election - he now faces prison

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Ex-Labour MP guilty of expenses fraud to fund cocaine habit

Jared O’Mara was convicted of six counts of fraud after trying to claim taxpayers’ cash to fund his cocaine habit.

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Drink, drugs and defrauding the state: the spectacular fall of Jared O’Mara

A shock election winner in 2017, O’Mara rarely went to parliament and ‘just lay in bed all day’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Ex-Labour MP found guilty of £24,000 expenses fraud to fund 'extensive cocaine habit'

Jared O'Mara fraudulently claimed around £24,000 of taxpayers' money for his "extravagant" lifestyle

Manchester Evening News · Feb 8, 2023