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Caught out days after he made call for change
How the scandal unfolded for former MP P4/5
In Brief
Local man loses his leg
after motorbike accident
A KEADBY man had his leg amputated after his
motorbike was involved in a crash.
The 32-year-old, who has not yet been named,
was travelling along the A1031 Conisholme Road
at North Somercotes at 8.25pm on Wednesday
when his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle was
involved in a collision with a blue Vauxhall
Corsa. He suffered serious leg injuries and is in
a serious but stable condition in hospital in
Grimsby following the amputation of his leg.
The driver of the car, a 28 year-old Conisholme
man, was not injured.
Call Lincolnshire Police on 0300 111 0300.
Morley pleads guilty
Two years of troubles...
MAY 13, 2009:
The Telegraph
reported how
Elliot Morley
wrongfully claimed
16,800 of
taxpayers cash
on a mortgage he
had already paid
off on his
Winterton home
MAY 14: Morley
apologised to his
constituents and
told the Telegraph
he made a
mistake but had
paid the money
back
MAY 29: Morley
announced he
would not be
standing as a
candidate at the
next election
JUNE 19: New revelations emerged that
Morley repaid a further 20,000 to the
taxpayer after unlawfully claiming the cash
for the capital on
his mortgage,
which was banned
under House of
Commons rules
JUNE 22: Morley
told the Telegraph
he expected to
investigated by
the police over
expenses
OCTOBER 31:
Nic Dakin won the
race to succeed Morley as the Labour
candidate in Scunthorpe
FEBRUARY 5, 2010: Morley was charged
with two counts of false accounting over a
total of 30,428.
FEBRUARY 9: Morley and two other
Labour MPs charged over their expenses
were suspended
from the party.
MARCH 11:
Morley made his
first appearance
at City of
Westminster
Magistrates Court
and denied the
charges
MAY 6: Nic Dakin
was elected as
Scunthorpes new
Labour MP. Morley admitted the scandal
had played a major role in fuelling the
Conservatives election surge in North
Lincolnshire.
JUNE 11: A judge ruled Morley would face
trial, after throwing out claims that he and
three fellow politicians were protected by
the ancient right of Parliamentary Privilege
JUNE 30: Morley, David Chaytor, Jim
Devine and Lord Hanningfield asked Court
of Appeal to overturn the ruling they are
not protected by parliamentary privilege
JULY 30: The Court of Appeal rejected
Morleys appeal
SEPTEMBER 15:
MPs refused
permission to take
their case to the
Supreme Court
following the
rejection by the
Court of Appeal,
but were granted
permission to
pose a question to
the Supreme Court Justices
OCTOBER 19: Morley went to the
Supreme Court the highest court in the
land in a final bid to avoid a criminal trial.
NOVEMBER 10: Morleys appeal was
dismissed by the Supreme Court
APRIL 7: Morley pleaded guilty to the
charges at Southwark Crown Court.
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THE Scunthorpe Labour
Party has said it feels Elliot
Morleys guilty pleas have
drawn a line under the
scandal over his expenses
claims.
Morley entered the pleas at
Southwark Crown Court yester-
day to two charges of false
accounting, related to his home
in Winterton.
After the brief hearing, Scun-
thorpe County Constituency
Labour Party chairman Mick
Grant said: Elliot Morley's
guilty plea yesterday finally
draws a line under the incident.
The Labour Party took imme-
diate action in suspending Elliot
and locally we have moved on,
following Nic Dakins election as
Member of Parliament for Scun-
thorpe in May last year.
We now look forward to fight-
ing North Lincolnshire Coun-
cils local elections and retaining
control of the authority.
Winterton residents were more
scathing of the disgraced former
MPs abuse of the expenses sys-
tem.
Granville Brooks, 64, of High
Street, said he believed Morley
and three other MPs charged
over their expenses had been
made scapegoats.
But he said he was pleased
Morley had admitted the
charges.
Mr Brooks said: We, as the
general public, have the right to
vote and we cast our vote
whichever way we see fit.
Having done that, whoever
gets into the seat of power should
be looking after our interests
and in this instance and this
scandal, they havent been doing
that.
Equally, the system was at
fault because it should have been
vetted a lot more closely.
Another Winterton resident,
who did not wish to be named,
added: He shouldnt have been
so daft and it serves him right.
He deserves all he gets.
He is a man who should have
been leading by example.
At the hearing, Morleys bar-
rister James Sturman QC told
Mr Justice Saunders that his cli-
ent accepted a jail term was
likely.
He added: We know it is not a
question of if but how long.
But he urged the judge to take
into account Morleys lifetime
of public service.
Reviewing lawyer for the
Crown Prosecution Service,
Simon Clements, said: Elliot
Morley has admitted his dishon-
esty.
In doing so, he has accepted
that his repeated and fraudulent
claims for one mortgage that had
been paid off and his excessive
claims for another were not legit-
imate in any way.
Morley had claimed he was
unaware the mortgage had been
paid off.
For most of us, paying off the
mortgage is a red letter day and
members of the public have
found it difficult to comprehend
his explanation that he was not
aware that had happened.
The parliamentary expenses
system exists to assist the pub-
lics representatives in carrying
out their duties, but Mr Morley
used it to line his own pockets
with just over 30,000 more
than an average households
annual income.
Such behaviour is blatantly
dishonest and cannot be
excused.
Morley had previously
appealed to the Court of Appeal
and the Supreme Court in a bid
to escape a trial, claiming he was
protected by the right of Par-
liamentary Privilege.
Campaign director at the Tax-
Payers Alliance Emma Boon
said: Thanks to Morley taking
so long to make an admission of
guilt, taxpayers have had to suf-
fer the insult not only of him
stealing fromthem, but dragging
out an expensive prosecution.
This guilty plea is one more
small step towards Parliament
regaining public trust.
Taxpayers will now expect a
jail term for Morley, in line with
sentences for other MPs.
Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin was
unavailable for comment after
yesterdays hearing.
He used
expense
system
to line
his own
pockets
by David Elliott
david.elliott@gsmg.co.uk
This is small step towards Parliament regaining trust
One of three former MPs to have charges brought
ELLIOT Morley
becomes the latest
former MP to admit or
be found guilty of
charges brought in the
wake of the expenses
scandal.
Ex-Labour MP David
Chaytor admitted
claiming almost 13,000
in interest payments
for a mortgage he had
already repaid.
He pleaded guilty on
December 3 last year to
false accounting in
relation to
Parliamentary
expenses claims and
was sentenced to 18
months imprisonment
on January 7 this year.
He went on to lose an
appeal against the
sentence last month.
The first MP to stand
trial in relation to the
expenses scandal was
ex-Labour backbencher
Jim Devine.
He was found guilty
by a jury at Southwark
Crown Court on two
charges of false
accounting for claims
totalling 8,385 but was
cleared of one other
count relating to a
claim for cleaning
work. He was jailed for
16 months on March 30.
Eric Illsley became
the first sitting MP to
be convicted on
charges relating to
expenses when he
pleaded guilty to
around 14,500-worth of
claims he was not
entitled to on his
second home in
London.
The then-Labour MP
for Barnsley Central
quit his post before he
was sent to prison for
12 months by a judge at
Southwark Crown
Court on February 10.
Parliaments biggest
expenses cheat
f Continued from page 1
Dressed in a dark suit and tie,
a sombre-faced Morley only
spoke to confirm his name and
address and entered guilty
pleas to the charges.
Silence met this
announcement.
There was then a dignified
hush in the court and a
discussion between the lawyers
about the next hearing.
It was confirmed that the
parties would come to an
agreement on May 12 about the
timing of the sentencing
hearing.
The court session lasted for
about half-an-hour.
The two charges against
Morley had been confirmed in
London by the Director of
Public Prosecutions, Keir
Starmer QC, at an earlier
magistrates hearing.
Morley was the fourth
MP to face charges
relating to the expenses
scandal that has rocked
Westminster.
Three other Labour MPs
are now serving prison
terms.
Morley will discover if he
faces a similar outcome at a
sentencing hearing that will be
scheduled following
pre-sentencing and mitigation
reports due after May 12.
After the hearing, which was
held in front of Mr Justice John
Saunders, Morley refused to
comment to a throng of
reporters and cameramen.
But he did agree to pause to
have his picture taken as he left
the court by Tower Bridge.
The former MP came out of
the front door of the crown
court with his lawyer.
Some photographers asked
the lawyer to stand aside to get
him on his own.
A few reporters shouted
questions such as do you
expect to go to jail? and are
you sorry?.
At that point, his lawyer said
there would be no statement.
A grim-faced Morley then
made his way with the lawyer to
the underground car park
immediately below the court
house.
Now he can do nothing but
await his fate.
Dressed in a dark
suit and tie, a
sombre-faced
Morley only
spoke to confirm
his name and
address and
entered guilty
pleas to the
charges
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SCUNTHORPE MP Ei Me ha agied afe becig he ae ii- cia be ebied i he eee Mr MorIey, who has beenMember of !arIamenI for Ihe Iown for 12 years, sad he made a msIake and over-cIamed by 1G,8OO on a morIgage on hs con- sIIuency home n WnIerIon. uI he sad, afIer reaIsng hs msIake severaI weeks ago, he rased Ihe money and pad I back n fuII. Mr MorIeys Ihe IaIesI na Iong IsI of M!s Io be caughI up n Ihe expose by Ihe aIy TeIegraph newspaper whch s reporIed Io have pad 1O,OOO for a fuII IsI of Ihe expenses cIams made by M!s. Mr MorIey IoId Ihe 8cunIhorpe TeIegraph n hs roIe as a governmenI mnsIer he had Io puI down hs London address as hs man home meanng he cIamed expenses reIaIng Io hs famIy house n WnIerIon. When hs Ime as envronmenI mnsIer ended n 2OO7, he swIched hs man home back Io hs consIIuency properIy n WnIerIon and regsIered hs properIy n London as hs second properIy. Mr MorIey swIched London Io hs second home as he feII I was more appropraIe Io cIam expenses for IhaI properIy. However, he conInued Io cIam for some of Ihe morI- gage on hs WnIerIon home. He IoId Ihe 8cunIhorpe TeIegraph: ! accepI ! have made a msIake and have recIfed I n fuII. ! deepIy apoIogse for such sIoppy accounIng n a very Ioose and shamboIc aIIowance sysIem buI Ihere s nobody Io bIame buI myseIf and ! Iake fuII responsbIIy for Ihs. ! apoIogse unreservedIy. ! have aIways gvenIhe peopIe of 8cunIhorpe my IoIaI commImenI and aI- Ihough ! wII be guIe rghIIy crIcsed for Ihs ! wII conInue Io do my duIy Io consIIuenIs and wII aIso expIan Ihe sIuaIon n fuII Io my IocaI parIy. Mr MorIey, G, sad he pays a number of morIgages and premums ncIudng an endowmenI poIcy on hs Wn- IerIon home, whch he has never cIamed for. ! domyaccounIs nyearIybundIes and! smpIyIeI Ihe esIabIshed paymenI run as I has for some years. ! dd noI Iake suffcenI noIce of my accounIng, he sad. When recepIs were recenIIy pubIshed ! reaIsed Ihere had been an over cIam for Ihe perod 2OOG/O7. h Cied: Page 4
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ELLIOT Mor|ey today sa|d he was 'devastated' to be fa- c|ng cr|m|na| charges over h|s expenses c|a|ms. The 8cunIhorpe M! has been ac- cused of dshonesIIy cIamng 8O,428 more Ihan he was aIIowed on a morIgage agansI hs Wn- IerIon home n Iwo charges of faIse accounIng. He has been summonsed Io appear aI CIy of WesImnsIer Ma- gsIraIes' CourI aI 2pm on March 11. The charges reveaIed yesIerday on our websIe www.Ihssscun Ihorpe.co.uk carry a maxmum senIence of seven years n prson. uI Mr MorIey sad he wouId noI resgn and s nnocenI unII proven guIIy. !n an excIusve sIaIemenI Io Ihe 8cunIhorpe TeIegraph, he sad: ! am devasIaIed by Ihs charge, even Ihough I s a Iesser one of faIse accounIng. !I s a parIcuIar probIem for me as Ihere s a compIex IegaI argu- menI of whaI s Ihe correcI process for examnng my case whch means ! have noI been abIe Io puI my argumenI n Ihe deIaI. ThaI ssue s now Io be IesIed n Ihe courIs. ! wII of course be IaIkng Io my
IegaI advsors, buI ! wanI Io sIress ! IoIaIIy re]ecI ! have done anyIhng wrong and ! Iook forward Io beng abIe Io make my case n deIaI. He addedIaIer: ! have noI hadIhe chance as yeI Io ouIIne my case, whch ! beIeve s robusI. Resgnng now wouId be an ad- msson of guII and ! amenIIIed Io be consdered nnocenI unII proven guIIy as wouId any oIher cIzen. Mr MorIey, who served as an en- vronmenI mnsIer n Tony Iar's governmenI, sad he spenI yesIer- day deaIng wIh consIIuency maI- Iers and pIedged Io carry on hs work unII he sIeps down aI Ihe CeneraI IecIon IaIer Ihs year. Hs frend and coIIeague rgg and CooIe M! !an Cawsey sad he hoped Mr MorIey couId nowdefend hmseIf properIy.
! don'I Ihnk Mr MorIey shouId resgn, everyone s nnocenI unII proven guIIy and Ihs s hs op- porIunIy Io puI hs case forward, he sad The whoIe affar has been dam- agng for poIIcs buI I shouId be ponIed ouI Ihs has been across aII Ihree of Ihe man parIes. There s no reason why Ihs shouId damage Ihe Labour parIy more Ihan Ihe oIher man parIes. !eopIe are dsengaged wIh poIIcs and each sIep aIong Ihs road s mporIanI n wnnng back peopIe's IrusI. JusIce has Io be done for Ihe good of Ihe pubIc and Ihe good of poIIcs, buI we have Io ensure Ihere s a far process. ! Ihnk he has found Ihe process guIe frusIraIng and IhaI he hasn'I had Ihe chance Io properIy defend hmseIf, hopefuIIy Ihs wII gve hm Ihe opporIunIy Io do so. The 7-year-oId, who was eIecIed 8cunIhorpe M! n 1D87, announced
he wouId noI conIesI hs seaI n May 81 IasI year, whenIhe expenses scandaI broke. The Iwo charges agansI Mr Mor- Iey were confrmed n London by Ihe drecIor of pubIc prosecuIons Ker 8Iarmer QC. Mr 8Iarmer IoId Ihe assembIed meda: Two charges under secIon 17 of Ihe ThefI AcI 1DG8 for faIse accounIng have been broughI agansI IIoI MorIey M!. The frsI charge aIIeges IhaI beIween AprI 2OO4 and Iebruary 2OOG, Mr MorIey dshonesIIy cIamed morIgage expenses of 14,428, n excess of IhaI Io whch he was enIIIed, n reIaIon Io a properIy n WnIerIon, Ln- coInshre. The second charge aIIeges IhaI beIween March 2OOG and November 2OO7 Mr MorIey dshonesIIy cIamed morIgage expenses of 1G,OOO for Ihe same properIy when Ihere was no Ionger a morIgage on IhaI properIy.
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CONVICTED:
Jim Devine (left)
and David
Chaytor.
JAILED: Eric Illsley.
PLEA: Elliot Morley
leaves Southwark
Crown Court after
pleading guilty to all
charges yesterday.