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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Jared O'Mara was found guilty of six counts of fraud after a trial at Leeds Crown Court in February.
The court heard O'Mara tried to obtain £52,000 of taxpayers' money to fund a cocaine habit by submitting bogus claims for parliamentary expenses.
O'Mara was elected to Parliament for Labour in June 2017, unseating former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in the Sheffield Hallam constituency.
Reading out a ruling, Mrs Justice Lambert said they found the challenge raised "no arguable ground that the sentence was manifestly excessive," adding that it was "wholly proportionate" to the offences committed.
During his sentencing hearing, the court heard O'Mara submitted fake invoices worth £24,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for work that was not carried out.
He also submitted a false contract of employment for £28,000 on behalf of a man he pretended had worked as a constituency support officer, taking the total value of the fraud was £52,000.
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