Woman's Fraud Trial Begins...

[Spicerack]

Wonder what will happen?
Will she be found not guilty.
Or join the previous half a dozen Tower Hamlet's politicians who were convicted of Housing Fraud.

[Spicerack]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/labour-mp-apsana-begum-poplar-limehouse-housing-fraud-trial-b946965.html

[davebro]

Damn savage - should be thrashed within an inch...

[Spicerack]

At least wait for the verdict, dave.

[piggynose]

I think dave is taking the P out of tora.

[gulliver1]

08.14 That's impossible, he wouldn't recognise it.

[emmie]

hung, drawn and quartered, would that be too extreme........

[youngmafbog]

We seem to have dishonest politicians right across the house and these days it seems to be getting worse.

What a sad state of affairs.

[ToraToraTora]

Damn Savage - should be thrashed to within and inch..

[Gromit]

// The prosecution admits that while the MP did inform the council of changes to her circumstances, she did so to the wrong department. //

Sounds more like the Council cocked up.

[THECORBYLOON]

"Sounds more like the Council cocked up."

Not necessarily, it depends what the council instructed claimants to do following a change of circumstances.

If a claimant had to report a change to a NAMED section within the council but instead, the claimant just addressed it to the council, that is not reporting the change.

[William51]

The smirking politician is a naive person who did not think what she was doing, or she deliberately committed fraud. She deserves a comeuppance.

[Peter Pedant]

tower slammer more like

we had a local councillor in Manchester - ( my ward, no not me) who was done for housing benefit fraud - nobig deal. Not a councillor now

[Peter Pedant]

on the facts given - she will get off innit?
tried to report but didnt to Mr right, shows no intention to defraud

and the defence will say - she is just a girl who cant write straight - not Bernie Madoff

[Khandro]

It's hardly a hanging offence being economical with the truth I'd say -- we've all done it, I know I have, a crime of omission, some would sell their grannies to get a council house, that would be a crime of commission, innit?

[burlyshirley]

She'll be ok, she'll more than likely just get a slap on the wrist !!

[Gromit]

And the Jury’s verdict is NOT Guilty.