While he deserves what he gets, methinks plod went after an easy target while turning a blind eye to more serious offences.
Just once I'd love to hear a defence barrister plead in mitigation;
In MoD,
1. It is not an offence to commit fraud
2. It is not an offence to issue an order to commit fraud
3. It is an offence to refuse to obey that order.
(Formal rulings by DGAS2, CDP, DPRD 1998-2004, upheld by five Ministers for the Armed Forces. The same RAF plod took no action. The money involved was was a lot more than 10 measly grand. And, according to those regs quoted, my future pension isn't at risk as I'm merely quoting unclassified Ministerial correspondence to my MP, forwarded to me).