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Army major general ‘defrauded taxpayers out of £50k to pay for children’s private school’
AN Army major general defrauded the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees, a court martial heard.
Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused allowances when he took the top job at the MoD’s London HQ.
He told the Army his wife Charlotte would be living at his new London residence which meant he could claim an allowance for his two kids’ education, prosecutors said.
But she allegedly spent the vast majority of her time at their Dorset home while the kids went to nearby boarding schools.
Maj Gen Welch is the highest ranking officer to be court martialled for 200 years — since Lt Gen Sir John Murray was convicted of abandoning his siege guns without due cause in 1815, during the Napoleonic wars.
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Maj Gen Welch left the Army in 2019.
His trial, in Wiltshire, continues.
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