Ex-MP Thomson to face sentencing hearing

Craig Thomson will face a pre-sentence hearing in Melbourne for his misuse of union credit cards. Source: AAP

FORMER federal MP Craig Thomson will soon find out whether prosecutors want him to be jailed for his misuse of union-issued credit cards.

Thomson has been found guilty of fraud for using the cards to pay for escorts and make cash withdrawals while he was the Health Services Union's national secretary and a Labor MP.

Prosecutors will make submissions to the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday about an appropriate penalty for the 49-year-old.

Thomson was last month found guilty of six charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception over the payments to escorts, totalling more than $5500.

Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg said it was an "affront to common sense" that payments to escorts could ever be considered a legitimate expense.

He said Thomson must have known that using the cards for personal expenses was not allowed.

Mr Rozencwajg also found Thomson guilty of 16 charges of theft over the cash withdrawals totalling $6250.

Charges relating to Thomson hiring pornographic movies and other instances of using the card to pay for his then-wife Christa Thomson's travel were dismissed.

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