Police union boss accused of fiddling expenses

A former police union boss appeared in court accused of making hundreds of pounds worth of false expense claims for food and travel. DC Dennis Weeks, 45, faces 12 charges of committing fraud by false representation. Weeks, who is based in Redbridge, Essex resigned from his elected official role as deputy secretary of the Met Police Federation in January 2015. The allegations he faces relate to travel and food expenses claimed during his role within the Police Federation between February…