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Title: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Snoopy on December 03, 2010, 01:29:56 PM

MPs' expenses: David Chaytor pleads guilty to charges

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11904007

One down and several more to follow.  eveilgrin:

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Barman on December 03, 2010, 01:33:11 PM

How excellent!  cloud9:

No doubt he'll be sentenced to an extended jail term and b- oh. what am I thinking...  noooo:

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Snoopy on December 03, 2010, 01:35:28 PM

'Spect he changed his plea, on advice from his brief, in the hopes of a lighter sentence.

Even lawyers know when they are beaten.

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Nick on December 03, 2010, 05:24:06 PM

To be sentenced in January. And I see Phil Woollly Arse is out on his ear too  cloud9:

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Snoopy on December 03, 2010, 05:25:11 PM

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hUuP9MDaivmXndWM0yYcPBbH4ncg?docId=N0423231291380316795A

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Chaytor, a former lecturer who is married and has three children, faces up to seven years in jail but his guilty pleas mean the judge can reduce his sentence by a third. In September this year, Andrew Gibson, 49, a House of Commons budget officer, was jailed for nine months for siphoning off nearly £6,000 in fake MPs' expenses.

We shall see.

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Snoopy on January 08, 2011, 06:24:49 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12141749

18 months! There's a result!


Sets a bench mark for those who have yet to be tried/sentenced.
Works out at about a month for every £1,000 he thought he had got away with.

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on January 08, 2011, 06:41:47 AM

But there is always another one to fill the gap.

http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2138

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Barman on January 08, 2011, 07:06:25 AM

Quote from: Snoopy on January 08, 2011, 06:24:49 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12141749

18 months! There's a result!


Sets a bench mark for those who have yet to be tried/sentenced.
Works out at about a month for every £1,000 he thought he had got away with.

Most excellent - and in Wandsworth too - not some easy open jail...  cloud9:

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Snoopy on January 08, 2011, 07:19:10 AM

Indeed ~ unfortunately they'll probably move him to a lower category prison in a few weeks and no doubt he will be out in 9 to 12 months but the point has been made ....






Oh and I like the sound of this bit too

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Chaytor now faces a large legal bill for both his defence and the costs of bringing the prosecution against him.

Title: Re: One ex MP looks like he may be going down
Post by: Barman on January 08, 2011, 07:20:20 AM

Quote from: Snoopy on January 08, 2011, 07:19:10 AM

Indeed ~ unfortunately they'll probably move him to a lower category prison in a few weeks and no doubt he will be out in 9 to 12 months but the point has been made ....

It has!  eveilgrin: