Ex-Tory MP David Mackintosh failed to declare £39k in 'underhand' donations, court hears

A former Tory MP failed to declare the source of £39,000 in allegedly “underhand” donations made by a property developer to his political campaigning funds, a crown court jury has heard.

Opening the case against the men at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday, prosecutor William Boyce KC told jurors: “This case is about a series of political donations made by Mr Grossman.” Mr Boyce said there was no dispute Grossman had become friends with Mackintosh, the former leader of Northampton Borough Council, after both were involved in a project to develop Northampton Town’s Sixfields Stadium, funded by council loans.

“This case is not about why he wished to donate money – it’s about the methodology he employed in doing so. The prosecution do not have to prove why he did it.”Police chief faces criminal probe for wearing brother's Falklands War medal

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