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Ex-MP Chaytor loses jail appeal
2011-03-23 16:11:07
23 March 2011 Last updated at 10:34 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Expenses cheat former MP David Chaytor loses appeal Chaytor changed his plea to guilty shortly before his trial was due to start Continue reading the main story Related Stories Ex-MP jailed for expenses fraud Profile: David Chaytor
Former MP David Chaytor has lost his appeal against an 18-month jail sentence for fiddling his expenses.
The ex-Labour MP for Bury North pleaded guilty in December to false accounting. His lawyers argued that his offence only merited a 12-month sentence, but the Court of Appeal rejected that.
He is serving his sentence at Wandsworth prison in south London.
Chaytor, 61, had falsely claimed more than £22,000 of taxpayers' money for rent and IT work.
He submitted forged tenancy documents and invoices to the Commons authorities, and received just over £18,000.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, and two other judges sitting at the Court of Appeal refused to reduce his sentence.