Accused MPs Argue They are Above the Law

Three Labour MPs charged yesterday with theft over fraudulent expense claims declared that they were above the law and would fight attempts to put them on trial.

Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine each face up to seven years in jail after Keir Starmer, QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, announced that he was charging them under the Theft Act 1968.

Lord Hanningfield, the Tory frontbencher and leader of Essex County Council, faces six charges over his expense claims.'

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