Coke billed as expenses: British ex-MP must be arrested Nord Stream explosion: Moscow calls Biden a “terrorist”

A former British MP has been sentenced to four years in prison for using false statements to include the cost of his cocaine use as expenses. A court in the English city of Leeds has decided this, the British news agency PA reported on Thursday.

Jared O’Mara allegedly attempted to illegally obtain £52,000 (€58,700) in taxpayers’ money. Among other things, he submitted documents from an organization that would work for people with autism. But the organization did not exist, as it turned out later. And the address O’Mara gave was that of a McDonald’s. He pretended to employ a friend as an employee and charged for this as well, although he did not return anything in return.

O’Mara was elected to the Labor Party in the Sheffield Hallam constituency in 2017, ousting former Deputy Prime Minister and former Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg. However, it soon turned out that he was not up to the task. Numerous allegations, ranging from homophobic comments online to harassing an employee with inappropriate Whatsapp messages, quickly made him an outsider. He left the PvdA, but kept his MP until the next elections in December 2019. (sda/dpa)