Naval officer cleared of fraud
Master at arms Eileen Harvey was living with her husband and son in Alton, Hampshire, in 2010 when she was given a new position at HMS Neptune in Clyde naval base in Scotland.
She was accused at a court martial at Portsmouth naval base of falsely claiming that her family would be moving with her to Helensburgh.
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Hide AdThe allegations included fraudulently applying for boarding school allowance, called continuity education allowance (CEA), worth a total of £13,150.
But the senior rating was acquitted of the three charges of making a false record and three offences of fraud.