Tory MP's victory over Farage 'might have been void if expenses accurate'

Craig Mackinlay denies two charges of making a false election expenses declaration.The election of a Conservative MP could have been declared void if he had filed accurate returns that showed he had overspent on his campaign to beat Nigel Farage, a court has heard.Craig Mackinlay, an accountant, stands accused along with his election agent and a party official of deliberately submitting “woefully inaccurate” expenditure returns.