David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/07/mps-expenses-david-chaytor-jailed">David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian</a>: "former Labour MP David Chaytor behind bars tonight beginning an 18-month jail sentence after admitting claiming false parliamentary expenses.<br /><br />Chaytor, who as MP for Bury North tried to cheat taxpayers out of more than £22,000, looked gaunt but impassive as Mr Justice Saunders at Southwark crown court told him the expenses scandal had 'shaken public confidence in our legislature' and had 'angered the public'.<br /><br />The first MP to be convicted and sentenced over the debacle, he was led from a reinforced glass-panelled dock and taken to Wandsworth prison, where he will be held until transferred to an open prison.<br /><br />The 61-year-old may serve just four-and-a-half months if risk-assessed as eligible for the home detention curfew scheme, which could see him released with a tag as early as the end of May."

David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian

David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian : "former Labour MP David Chaytor behind bars to...

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