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'Ashley Mote' (born 25 January 1936, London) is an Independent Member of the European Parliament for South East England.[1][2]. He is currently in prison following his conviction on eight charges of false accounting, eight of obtaining a money transfer by deception, four of evading liabilities and one of failing to notify a change of circumstances in relation to his receipt of housing and council tax benefits.
Mote previously worked in the marketing industry, and has published two political books - ''Vigilance - A Defence of British Liberty'' (2001) about the European Union, and ''OverCrowded Britain: Our Immigration Crisis Exposed''[3] and "has researched EU fraud for many years."
Mote claims to be an award-winning cricket writer, as the author of ''The Glory Days of Cricket'' (1997). He also edited a 1998 re-issue of John Nyren's 1833 classic collection of articles on the Georgian game, ''The Cricketers of my Time''. He is president of the revived Hambledon Club which raises money for colts cricket.
Mote was elected in June 2004 as a representative of the United Kingdom Independence Party for South East England. He was expelled from the party in July 2004 for failing to declare housing benefit fraud allegations to the party.[4]
In 2005 he joined with Hans Peter Martin and Paul van Buitenen (Europa Transparant) under the name Platform for Transparency (PfT) to promote Accountability in the European Union. In 2006 he gave evidence to the House of Lords enquiry into the EU's financial management of public funds.
In January 2007, Ashley Mote became a founding member of the new far right, nationalist European Parliament group Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.
UKIP removed their whip from Ashley Mote on 15 July 2004 after learning that he faced trial over allegations of housing benefit fraud. Mote failed to advise his party managers of the impending court case, and it only came to their attention when an article appeared in the ''The Daily Telegraph'' a few days after the European Union's election.[5] The newspaper reported that he was facing nine charges of false accounting and one of making a false representation. Ashley Mote tried to seek legal immunity from prosecution from the European Union and applied during 2004 to the Legal Committee of the European Parliament for immunity from prosecution. After 7 months' consideration, the Legal Committee adopted the report by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP-ED, DE) proposing that Parliament should waive the immunity, and made a ruling not to give Mote immunity from the criminal proceedings against him.[6]
The criminal proceedings against Mote were taken over by government lawyers in late 2005 from Chichester Distict Council. He somehow managed to get reporting restrictions imposed on the court proceedings. On 17 August 2007 Mote was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court on 21 counts - of frauds amounting to £73,000 (€109,500, US$146,000) - and acquitted on four discrete and minor charges brought separately by the Department of Work and Pensions.[7] On 4 September 2007 he was sentenced to nine months imprisonment,[8] avoiding losing his seat because his sentence was less than the statutory 12 month period.
1. Official web site
2. Profile at European Parliament website
3. Mote, Ashley, (Foreword by Lord Stoddart), ''Over-Crowded Britain - Our Immigration Crisis Exposed'', Lancaster, 2003, (P/B), ISBN 0-9540124-1-0
4. UKIP suspends fraud trial Euro MP BBC News - 16 July 2004
5. New MEP for UKIP faces fraud charge, by Stewart Payne, Daily Telegraph, 14 June 2004
6. 20/06/2005 - EP: decision of the committee responsible, 1st reading/single reading European Parliament
7. MEP found guilty of fraud charges BBC News - 17 August 2007
8. MEP is jailed for benefit fraud BBC News - 4 September 2007
| Contents |
| Career |
| Cricket historian |
| Politics |
| Imprisonment for benefit fraud |
| References |
Career
Mote previously worked in the marketing industry, and has published two political books - ''Vigilance - A Defence of British Liberty'' (2001) about the European Union, and ''OverCrowded Britain: Our Immigration Crisis Exposed''[3] and "has researched EU fraud for many years."
Cricket historian
Mote claims to be an award-winning cricket writer, as the author of ''The Glory Days of Cricket'' (1997). He also edited a 1998 re-issue of John Nyren's 1833 classic collection of articles on the Georgian game, ''The Cricketers of my Time''. He is president of the revived Hambledon Club which raises money for colts cricket.
Politics
Mote was elected in June 2004 as a representative of the United Kingdom Independence Party for South East England. He was expelled from the party in July 2004 for failing to declare housing benefit fraud allegations to the party.[4]
In 2005 he joined with Hans Peter Martin and Paul van Buitenen (Europa Transparant) under the name Platform for Transparency (PfT) to promote Accountability in the European Union. In 2006 he gave evidence to the House of Lords enquiry into the EU's financial management of public funds.
In January 2007, Ashley Mote became a founding member of the new far right, nationalist European Parliament group Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.
Imprisonment for benefit fraud
UKIP removed their whip from Ashley Mote on 15 July 2004 after learning that he faced trial over allegations of housing benefit fraud. Mote failed to advise his party managers of the impending court case, and it only came to their attention when an article appeared in the ''The Daily Telegraph'' a few days after the European Union's election.[5] The newspaper reported that he was facing nine charges of false accounting and one of making a false representation. Ashley Mote tried to seek legal immunity from prosecution from the European Union and applied during 2004 to the Legal Committee of the European Parliament for immunity from prosecution. After 7 months' consideration, the Legal Committee adopted the report by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP-ED, DE) proposing that Parliament should waive the immunity, and made a ruling not to give Mote immunity from the criminal proceedings against him.[6]
The criminal proceedings against Mote were taken over by government lawyers in late 2005 from Chichester Distict Council. He somehow managed to get reporting restrictions imposed on the court proceedings. On 17 August 2007 Mote was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court on 21 counts - of frauds amounting to £73,000 (€109,500, US$146,000) - and acquitted on four discrete and minor charges brought separately by the Department of Work and Pensions.[7] On 4 September 2007 he was sentenced to nine months imprisonment,[8] avoiding losing his seat because his sentence was less than the statutory 12 month period.
References
1. Official web site
2. Profile at European Parliament website
3. Mote, Ashley, (Foreword by Lord Stoddart), ''Over-Crowded Britain - Our Immigration Crisis Exposed'', Lancaster, 2003, (P/B), ISBN 0-9540124-1-0
4. UKIP suspends fraud trial Euro MP BBC News - 16 July 2004
5. New MEP for UKIP faces fraud charge, by Stewart Payne, Daily Telegraph, 14 June 2004
6. 20/06/2005 - EP: decision of the committee responsible, 1st reading/single reading European Parliament
7. MEP found guilty of fraud charges BBC News - 17 August 2007
8. MEP is jailed for benefit fraud BBC News - 4 September 2007
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