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A former would-be Coventry MP is facing fresh investigations from police and trading standards just weeks after being slapped with a ban from acting as a company director.

Dr Vincent McKee, 57, stood for the Liberal Democrats in Coventry North West during the 2010 general election, finishing third with 18 per cent of the vote.

He was later jailed in 2012 when he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for 25 counts of fraud and six months to run concurrently for breaching professional due diligence.

In February he was handed a 14-year company director ban by the High Court after his firms – UAT (GB) Ltd, UAT (UK) Ltd and Godiva Corporate Training Ltd – were all wound up in the public interest in October 2012. The firms owed creditors and shareholders a combined total of £156,605.

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The city centre-based tuition firms were judged to have taken £61,197 of unauthorised payments from students.

But McKee is now part of the team at Lagan Writing Services – which charges up to £1,000 to re-write essays for students.

Coventry North West MP Geoffrey Robinson has now acted on residents’ concerns to report McKee’s involvement with the business to West Midlands Police and Coventry Trading Standards, which have confirmed they will work with the Insolvency Service to investigate.

A letter from Coventry Police commander Claire Bell, sent in response to Mr Robinson’s concerns and seen by the Telegraph, read: “I have asked Detective Chief Insp Warren Little to look into this matter and you will be contacted again in the near future.”

Records at Companies House show a company called Lagan Writing Services was set up in October 2014 and is registered at McKee’s home address in Cubbington Road, in Longford, Coventry. The firm lists one director – Miss Mary Jane Limbadan.

An email from Miss Limbadan, Mr McKee’s fiancée, to the Telegraph suggests the registered company is a separate entity from the website of the same name – despite the fact they share a name and an address.

But Miss Limbadan, who says she currently lives in the Philippines, is involved with both businesses and is listed as the website’s ‘promotional coordinator’ on the front page at laganwritingservices.co.uk.

McKee insists he is not acting as a director and is not involved with the registered Lagan Writing Services company, which he said is run by his fiancée.

McKee said: “My business is not a limited company, it’s a partnership between my daughter Patricia and I. It was set up with a grant from the Department for Work and Pensions.

“I use the term ‘director’ but only as a managerial title. I’m not involved with the incorporated company, I have not breached any law.”

He added: “We don’t involve ourselves with any credit or debit cards to avoid myself being put in a position where I could be accused of improper conduct.”

McKee also hit out at Mr Robinson who he accused of providing “distorted information” to the authorities.

He said: “He is trying to trip me up as I try to get back on my feet and build an honest and reasonable business.”

McKee also said he would write to police and Mr Robinson to explain his position that he is actively appealing his previous convictions and bans.

The email from Miss Limbadan said: “Dr McKee is not a director or manager of this company, and plays no part in its operations.

“Moreover, the company has no links with Dr McKee’s active Lagan writing business, although I personally have assisted my fiancé with promoting his firm online – see me listed on the website front page.

“At Vincent’s suggestion, I am considering a name change so as to avoid any future confusion between the two entities, which I, again, repeat are completely separate.”