Former Sheffield MP Jared O'Mara is alleged to have submitted fake invoices worth nearly £30,000.
A jury has been asked to decide whether an ex-Sheffield Hallam MP accused of fraud acted "dishonestly or incompetently" when filing expenses.
His legal team told a jury at Leeds Crown Court they must consider his state of mind at the time of the alleged offences.During his closing arguments, Mr Mark Kelly KC, representing Mr O'Mara, told the court his client had autism, was born with cerebral palsy and was suffering from anxiety and depression at the time of the alleged offences."He is haemorrhaging staff, they're either being fired for no good reason or leaving. He's not behaving in a rational manner.
Mr Kelly said: "If Mr O'Mara believed that work had been done, or services had been provided to him, as claimed in invoices, then the question arises whether he was acting honestly when he made the application.
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