Former Norfolk MEP jailed

Former MEP Tom Wise, 61, who represented UKIP before turning independent, spent 13 months channelling the money into a bank account he secretly controlled.

12 November 2009 08:17



A former MEP who represented Norfolk in Brussels and fiddled £39,000 expenses has been jailed for two years.

Tom Wise, 61, of Bedfordshire, who represented UKIP before turning independent, spent 13 months channelling the money into a bank account he secretly controlled.

He pretended the £3,000 “secretarial assistance allowance” he received every month was for his researcher.

But London's Southwark Crown Court heard he spent most of it funding a love of fine wine, clearing credit card debts, buying a car and funding party political activities.

Wise was originally elected as East of England MEP for UKIP in June 2004.

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