More MPs' Expenses
As expected, the former Labour MP and Unison official - Jim Devine - has been found guilty of dishonestly claiming £8,385 in expenses - by using false invoices for cleaning and printing work.
Devine will be sentenced in four weeks - and faces a maximum jail term of seven years - although he is unlikely to put him away for that length of time.
The court heard that the case against Devine was "very straightforward" - and that the former MP had made dishonest, fraudulent claims.
Meanwhile another former Labour MP - Eric Illsley - was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to dishonestly claiming £14,000 in parliamentary expenses.
The claims were made in relation to the MP's second home - between 2005 and 2008.
The trial judge said that Illsley's offences were less serious as the former MP had not created 'false documents to support the claims - which bodes ill for Devine when he returns to court for sentencing.
Devine will be sentenced in four weeks - and faces a maximum jail term of seven years - although he is unlikely to put him away for that length of time.
The court heard that the case against Devine was "very straightforward" - and that the former MP had made dishonest, fraudulent claims.
Meanwhile another former Labour MP - Eric Illsley - was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to dishonestly claiming £14,000 in parliamentary expenses.
The claims were made in relation to the MP's second home - between 2005 and 2008.
The trial judge said that Illsley's offences were less serious as the former MP had not created 'false documents to support the claims - which bodes ill for Devine when he returns to court for sentencing.
