‘Crooked colonel sold his integrity for his kid’s schooling’

A retired colonel accused of fleecing the taxpayer to fund his children’s private education put their schooling before his integrity, a court heard. Marcus Reedman, 52, claimed tens of thousands of pounds in Continuing Education Allowance (CEA) for his children’s private boarding-school fees, despite his wife residing predominantly at the family home in Sussex. In order to meet the criteria for CEA servicemen must reside together at the residence at work address (RWA) with couples only allowed to be apart…