Former Labour MP David Chaytor has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey today to three charges of false accounting in relation to his parliamentary expenses.
Mr Chaytor pleaded guilty to false accounting involving a total of £18,350 which he charged on his expenses.
He had claimed £12,925 between 2005 and 2006 for renting a flat in Regency Street, near Westminster, which it turned out he owned the lease to.
He produced a tenancy agreement falsely showing he was paying £1,175 a month rent.
He also falsely claimed between 2007 and 2008 £5,425 for renting a home in Castle Street, Bury, which was owned by his mother.
He had produced a false tenancy agreement showing he was paying £775 a month.
The charge said he was not paying his mother and would not have been allowed to claim for leasing a property from a family member.
A third charge related to falsely charging £1,950 for technology support services in May 2006. That money was never paid to him.
The charge said that he supplied two invoices from a man named Paul France for his professional services “when in fact the services had not been provided or charged for”.
Mr Chaytor, who left the courtroom with out commenting, will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on January 7th. He was granted unconditional bail.
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