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OTTAWA – Sen. Patrick Brazeau claimed a home he didn’t own as his primary residence, didn’t stay there even when he visited, and may never have lived there over the last two years, the RCMP allege in court documents made public Thursday.

The RCMP say Brazeau claimed as his primary residence a home his father owns in Maniwaki, Que., far enough from Parliament Hill to qualify the senator for a $22,000-a-year housing allowance from the Senate.

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“The investigation has shown that Brazeau does not live in Maniwaki, nor does he own a home there. Brazeau’s father resides in Maniwaki, but the senator, since being appointed to the Senate, has not,” wrote RCMP lead investigator Cpl. Greg Horton in the court document, filed in Ottawa.

The police allege Brazeau didn’t always stay at the house even when visiting his father, electing instead to stay at a hotel with his children so that his father was not disturbed. Two tenants at the home in Maniwaki, along with Brazeau’s ex-girlfriend, told investigators that the former Conservative senator didn’t live at the house, Horton wrote.