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David Chaytor loses appeal to have jail sentence reduced
Former Bury North Labour MP David Chaytor has lost a challenge to have his 18 month sentence reduced for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.
David Chaytor was jailed on the 7th January 2011 for 18 months for falsely claiming £22,000 of taxpayers' money with forged documents in his expenses.
He was attempting to get his sentence reduced to 12 months by the appeal, but a presiding Judge noted:
"It is difficult to exaggerate the levels of public concern at the revelation of significant abuse of the expenses system by some Members of Parliament. "
Read more about the story in the Manchester Eveneing News here.
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