To the judges, who ruled that disgraced former MEP Den Dover could face a criminal investigation after being ordered to repay £345 000 in "unjustified" expenses, after they ruled he "misused" the money to pay a family company while an MEP from 1999 to 2009.
The politician was expelled from the Conservative Party in November 2008 for gross misconduct after the European Parliament demanded repayment of £538 000 in illegal claims.
The money included £100 000 for three cars, £100 000 for rent and renovation costs for his office (as part of his Hertfordshire home) £89 000 for postage and stationery, £21 000 in telephone services, £17 500 in "entertainment expenses" and £15 000 for office supplies.
A total of £959 000 went to a company called MP Holdings Ltd, which names his and daughter as directors.
He stood down at the 2009 European elections and launched an appeal in the European Court against the decision by European Parliament administrators to seek the return of the cash, denying any wrongdoing.
What's more galling though is that this thief will continue to get his £235 000 MEP’s pension for his ten years’ service, which is being paid for by the British taxpayer through the Cabinet Office, as EU pensions are non-retractable.
The politician was expelled from the Conservative Party in November 2008 for gross misconduct after the European Parliament demanded repayment of £538 000 in illegal claims.
The money included £100 000 for three cars, £100 000 for rent and renovation costs for his office (as part of his Hertfordshire home) £89 000 for postage and stationery, £21 000 in telephone services, £17 500 in "entertainment expenses" and £15 000 for office supplies.
A total of £959 000 went to a company called MP Holdings Ltd, which names his and daughter as directors.
He stood down at the 2009 European elections and launched an appeal in the European Court against the decision by European Parliament administrators to seek the return of the cash, denying any wrongdoing.
What's more galling though is that this thief will continue to get his £235 000 MEP’s pension for his ten years’ service, which is being paid for by the British taxpayer through the Cabinet Office, as EU pensions are non-retractable.
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