Tory MP Christopher Davies admits fiddling office expenses and could face a year behind bars
Christopher Davies admitted to two charges involving falsifying invoices related to his Parliamentary expenses claims for furniture and pictures for his office.He was charged with making a false instrument and also for providing false or misleading information for allowance claims.The police were handed a dossier of evidence last year relating to the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire.The MP claims he made an "honest mistake" with the mistake claims.
Mr Davies was accused of manually creating two invoices for £450 and £250 rather than submitting the full £700 claim for the pictures by computer. He had previously said that he repaid the £450 sum, which was charged to a start-up fund for new MPs to set up offices.
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