MPs' Expenses
Former Labour MP - David Chaytor - who was jailed for 18 months after falsely claiming £20,000 in rent and office expenses - had an appeal rejected last week to have his prison term reduced.
The Court of Appeal threw out the case - thankfully.
The judge said that the former MP: "had known all along that he had been dishonest" - and only changed his plea to guilty when he ran out of options.
The judge went on to say that Chaytor could have been given even less credit for his guilty plea - in other words that he was fortunate not to have received a sentence longer than his 18 months.
Makes you wonder why he was allowed to waste still more court time - and public money - in bringing such a baseless case to the Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal threw out the case - thankfully.
The judge said that the former MP: "had known all along that he had been dishonest" - and only changed his plea to guilty when he ran out of options.
The judge went on to say that Chaytor could have been given even less credit for his guilty plea - in other words that he was fortunate not to have received a sentence longer than his 18 months.
Makes you wonder why he was allowed to waste still more court time - and public money - in bringing such a baseless case to the Court of Appeal.
