A DATE has been set for the trial of a former Ramsbottom MP accused of fraud over his parliamentary expenses.
David Chaytor, who represented Labour in Bury North from May 1997 to May this year, is due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on December 6.
Mr Chaytor, who lives in Todmorden, was charged in February with three counts of false accounting.
The first charge alleges that, in May 2006, he dishonestly claimed £1,950 for IT services by using false invoices.
The second charge alleges that, between September 2005 and September 2006, he dishonestly claimed £12,925, for renting a property in Regency Street, London, when he was in fact the owner of the property.
The third charge alleges that, between September 2007 and January 2008, the MP dishonestly claimed £5,425 for renting a property in Bury from his mother.
Mr Chaytor denies all charges.
The trial start date was fixed at a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.
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