Ex-MP Jared O'Mara who 'did cocaine instead of work' tried to claim £52,000 from taxpayers to fund drug habit

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Jared O'Mara has been jailed for four years for trying to claim thousands of pounds in taxpayer cash to fund an 'extensive' cocaine habit while serving as an MP. O’Mara went on trial for submitting fake invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) between June and August 2019. Leeds Crown Court heard O’Mara made four claims for a total of £19,400 from a “fictitious” organisation called Confident About Autism South Yorkshire. The judge told him: “You do indeed have autism spectrum disorder, and cerebral palsy. But, he said: “What you never did … was to avail yourself of the services of Confident About Autism South Yorkshire.
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