At the start of a 15-minute hearing in a packed courtroom, the MPs’ barrister, Julian Knowles, asked that his clients be spared having to sit in the dock.
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MPs’ bid to avoid dock refused in fraud case
Labour MPs Jim Devine, Elliott Morley and David Chaytor yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud as the trail of the expenses scandal led to Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
