A former British Labour MP has been jailed for 18 months over fraudulent expenses claims.
David Chaytor, 61, fraudulently claimed than £20,000 in expenses.
Last month he admitted three charges of false accounting, the BBC reports.
The court heard he submitted bogus invoices for IT consultancy work and claimed rent he never paid on homes owned by his family.
The former MP is now facing a large legal bill for both his defence and the costs of bringing the prosecution against him.
Sentencing him Mr Justice Saunders said the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal had shaken public confidence in the legislature and angered the public.
Chaytor had been due to be the first MP to stand trial over expenses but changed his plea to guilty days before it started.
Two other former MPs, one current MP and two members of the House of Lords are due to face separate trials over their expenses claims, the BBC says. All have pleaded not guilty.
