Davis guilty of expenses scam

01 January 2000
Davis guilty of expenses scam

John Davis, former head of catering at Shropshire County Council, has pleaded guilty to 12 charges of obtaining property by deception.

Davis, also the former head of the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), admitted fiddling his expenses to claim more than £900 over two years.

Shrewsbury magistrates heard how he duplicated expense forms and claimed cash for trips he never made as general manager of catering and cleaning for the council and as LACA chairman.

Mark Linkins, prosecuting, said Davis made £834 from the council and £110 from the association.

He made fake claims to the council by duplicating legitimate expense requests he had already made to the association. He also made claims for visits to places such as schools which had not taken place.

Davis was given 150 hours community service and ordered to pay £75 costs.

Robin Onions, for Davis, said his client had been "administratively inept" but that he had paid back the money.

Davis left the council in July 1998 to join contract caterer Martins. He resigned from the private firm three months later.

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