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| Lancashire PCC Clive Grunshaw's expenses face CPS scrutiny | Lancashire PCC Clive Grunshaw's expenses face CPS scrutiny |
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| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to investigate expenses claims made by the Lancashire police and crime commissioner (PCC) in his former role. | |
| The claims under investigation were made when Clive Grunshaw was a county councillor and police authority member, before he became PCC in November. | The claims under investigation were made when Clive Grunshaw was a county councillor and police authority member, before he became PCC in November. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been probing complaints by a former councillor. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been probing complaints by a former councillor. |
| The case has been referred to the CPS for a decision on whether to prosecute. | The case has been referred to the CPS for a decision on whether to prosecute. |
| Labour PCC Mr Grunshaw denies wilfully submitting claims he knew to be untrue. | Labour PCC Mr Grunshaw denies wilfully submitting claims he knew to be untrue. |
| 'Genuinely intentioned' | |
| The investigation began following a freedom of information request by former Chorley South councillor, Conservative Sam Chapman. | |
| He asked for details of mileage claims from when Mr Grunshaw attended meetings of the council and the police authority on the same days. | |
| Mr Grunshaw said he would carry on in his PCC role "as normal" while awaiting the CPS's verdict. | |
| He said: "I maintain that at no point did I wilfully submit claims which I knew to be untrue and every expense claim I did make was genuinely intentioned." | |
| The Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) said it was assisting the investigations. | |
| Chief executive and solicitor Miranda Carruthers-Watt said: "While we await the decision of the CPS we will continue to support the commissioner in carrying out his statutory duties, and we look forward to a swift conclusion to this matter." |