Another Mp With Nose In Trough?

[TonyV]

Only charged so not guilty or innocent until court case heard.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47320171

[spathiphyllum]

false expenses claims? Is there even need for a case lol i got £250 on him being guilty. But currently, he's only charged not yet guilty or innocent as you say. But if we're making bets......

[Peter Pedant]

the little matter involves
issuing a document with intent to gain
a possibly false invoice
s2 of the Fraud act 2006 is engaged
you dont have to gain by the way - the issue and intent to gain is enough

this law covers all of us - even the liddle guys on AB

[TonyV]

Spath I wouldn't be offering you any odds, but we have to wait for due process to be followed.

[andy-hughes]

He is offering the 'inexperienced and new to it all ...' defence, we'll see how he gets on with it.

[agchristie]

//Following a review of the evidence, the CPS has today charged Mr Davies with two offences of making a false instrument//

In other words,it produced a load of dodgy notes...

[TonyV]

He was elected in 2015 I think, and surely new MP's are given some sort of induction, plus have expenses for office staff, to sort out administrative roles, often own family members in the past, if not still now?

[sanmac]

Yes, Miss Christie, I quite like that. Perhaps you could work that into one of your new mysteries: "The Case Of The Inharmonious Harmonium.":)

[agchristie]

I'm onto it Sanmac :-)

[Davemano]

These allegations took place three years ago and involve claims for £700 for furnishings a his constituency office.

[TonyV]

OK Dave, maybe we will get the real story after investigation and court case?

[JF85]

andy-Hughes: I wondered about that or was he saying it related to the time just after he was elected as a sort of "Yes, I fiddled my parliamentary expenses, but at least I waited until I was in Parliament"? Perhaps simply being an MP is now considered a justifiable defence for lying and cheating. There is no shortage of precedents.

[Davemano]

Tory MP Chris Davies is charged with Parliamentary expenses fraud over ‘false invoices worth £700 for pictures and furniture at constituency office’

[THECORBYLOON]

"Only charged so not guilty or innocent until court case heard"

Are folk not innocent until proven guilty?

[Davemano]

Sorry about my 23.49 post, computer went mad. Have asked Ed to clear the rubbish.

[gulliver1]

After all he is a member of the Con Party

[Spicerack]

Could be interesting.

[andy-hughes]

JF85 - // andy-Hughes: I wondered about that or was he saying it related to the time just after he was elected as a sort of "Yes, I fiddled my parliamentary expenses, but at least I waited until I was in Parliament"? //

My reading of it is that he says he made a genuine error and his defence is that he was new to the expenses procedures, and filed incorrectly.

We will have to see what the outcome is - as others have advised, innocent until proven guilty.