Jared O’Mara ‘thoroughly rotten’, prosecutor in fraud trial says

Former Labour MP came up with ‘a series of scams’ to fund ‘galloping’ cocaine habit, court told

A former Labour MP accused of expenses fraud has been described as “thoroughly inadequate”, “thoroughly rotten” and “stuffing the parliamentary payroll with mates and cronies” who did no relevant work.

Jared O’Mara came up with “a series of scams” to help fund his “galloping” cocaine habit, prosecutor Richard Wright KC told a jury on Thursday.