2:48pm Thursday 11th March 2010
RAMSBOTTOM MP David Chaytor, who is accused of expenses fraud, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court for the first time today.
Together with Elliot Morley and Jim Devine he faces charges of theft by false accounting.
Appearing in the dock before City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court they told District Judge Timothy Workman they denied any wrongdoing.
Their prosecution, at a court a short distance from Parliament, is the first to result from the Westminster expenses scandal.
All three MPs were released on unconditional bail and ordered to appear at Southwark Crown Court on March 30.
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