COMMITTED BENEFIT FRAUD? ASK YOUR LOCAL POLITICIAN FOR HELP.

MSP Ms Sturgeon wrote on behalf of Abdul Rauf, who had defrauded more than £80,000 from the department of work and pensions.

In her letter to the court Ms Sturgeon said Rauf had already repaid £27,000 of the money owed and had said he was going to sell one of his properties to repay the rest of the cash.

The MSP for Glasgow Govan, who said she became aware of the case in July 2008, also pointed out in the letter that Rauf had suffered from poor health for a number of years and had a family with children under the age of 10.

She asked the court not to jail him because of the impact that might have on his health and family life.

The conviction is Rauf's second for fraud - in 1996 he was given a four-year sentence for stealing nearly £60,000 in pension and benefit payments when he was a sub-post master at Tollcross in Edinburgh.

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HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO GET YOUR LOCAL POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU? IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAID TO YOU IF YOU GO WITH A GENUINE NEED. YES! OF COURSE YOU CAN. I PRESUME SHE WAS AFRAID THE RACE CARD WOULD BE USED. WILL HE BE JAILED?

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Sheriff Alan MacKenzie told Rauf that a jail term was "at the forefront" of his mind but said he would defer sentence for three months and released him on bail.

BUT WILL HE ACTUALLY BE JAILED?