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UNCOVERED: Ousted mp pleads for merciful sentence for fraud | History Defined

Former SA MP Fraser Ellis will be sentenced later this monh for dishonestly claiming an allowance. (Abe Maddison/AAP PHOTOS)

A former MP who lost his seat to One Nation this year has asked a magistrate to take a "merciful approach" in sentencing him for dishonestly claiming a parliamentary allowance.

Fraser Ellis, 34, appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday for sentencing submissions on seven counts of deception, for fraudulently claiming $4676 from the country MPs accommodation allowance.

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