Jim Devine guilty of false accounting

Jim Devine By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

Former Labour MP Jim Devine has been found guilty of two counts of false accounting relating to expenses claims.

Devine was was found not guilty in relation to two cleaning invoices totalling £360. However he was found guilty of making false cleaning and stationery claims of over £8,000.

Devine will be sentenced in four weeks.

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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