By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 13:18 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 13:24 EST, 8 March 2013 Former British Army officer Robert Jolleys has been jailed for 12 months for defrauding the taxpayers out of nearly £200,000 An Army officer who defrauded taxpayers of nearly £200,000 to educate his children at a top private school was jailed for 12 months today. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henry Jolleys, 53, claimed the cash  from the Army's continuing education allowance (CEA) to send his three sons to the exclusive £28,000-per-year Roman Catholic Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. The CEA financially helps service personnel to send their children to boarding school to prevent disruption to schooling caused by postings around the UK and abroad.
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henry Jolleys was today jailed for 12 months
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He claimed cash from Army's continuing education allowance (CEA)
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Fund financially helps service personnel to send children to boarding schools to prevent disruption to their education from army postings
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But Swindon Crown Court heard he had separated from his wife and was therefore no longer entitles to claim the money
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