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<p>A former Tory peer has been found guilty of fiddling his expenses.</p>
<p>Lord Taylor of Warwick falsely claimed for travel and overnight subsistence, a jury at Southwark Crown Court decided by a majority of 11 to one.</p>
<p>The 58-year-old told the House of Lords members&#8217; expenses office that his main residence was in Oxford, when he lived in west London.</p>
<p>Lord Taylor, who stood impassively in the dock as the guilty verdict on all six counts was delivered, becomes the first parliamentarian to be tried and convicted by a jury over the expenses scandal.</p>
<p>Lord Taylor, of Lynwood Road, Ealing, west London, was standing trial for making £11,277.80 worth of claims on various dates between March 2006 and October 2007.</p>
<p>The first claim was for £1,555.70, the second for £2,042.80, the third was £1,600.70, the fourth £2,309.50, the fifth £2,421.80, and the final claim was for £1,347.30.</p>
<p>John Taylor became the first black Conservative peer when he took his seat in the House of Lords in 1996, following a failed attempt to get elected as MP for Cheltenham in 1992.</p>
<p>Throughout the trial, Lord Taylor maintained he was following the advice given to him by fellow peers, that nominating a main residence outside of the capital was a way to earn money &#8220;in lieu of salary&#8221;.</p>
<p>Prosecutor Helen Law said: &#8220;The prosecution say this case is very simple. Lord Taylor did not have a main home in Oxford and he was not entitled to claim as if he did. </p>
<p>&#8220;He knew that and he claimed anyway. He did so in a way that he knew would mislead the Members&#8217; Expenses Section into making payments he wasn&#8217;t entitled to. His actions were dishonest.&#8221;</p>
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