Disgraced MP Thomson would have to have used ID at brother, court told Craig Thomson. Picture: Andrew Henshaw) Source: News Limited DISGRACED ex-MP Craig Thomson would have had to show photo ID to use a union credit card at a Sydney brothel, a court heard yesterday. Thomson, who denies 145 charges of dishonesty over the alleged misuse of $28,449 on Health Services Union (HSU) credit cards, has always claimed someone fraudulently used the card on his behalf. However Peter Lazaris, owner of Sydney brothel and escort service A Touch Of Class, told Melbourne Magistrates Court that clients would have had to show ID to prove they were authorised to use a card when booking a service. He added that his business appeared as "Staff Call" on statements. Thomson's HSU-issued card showed $660 was billed to Staff Call in 2006. In other developments yesterday, Thomson's half-brother Struan Robertson gave evidence for the prosecution. He said he worked closely with Thomson at the HSU between 2003 and 2007 and as national liaison officer he was given a union credit card - but was not instructed how he could or could not use it. ­Despite this, he never used it to make personal purchases. Brothel owner Peter Lazaris. He said he was 99.9 per cent certain he was not authorised to make cash withdrawals and said his wife travelled with him for union business on "very rare occasions." Mr Robertson told the court the biggest purchase he had made using the credit card was a $4500 video camera for union business. "My own sense of reasonable use guided me," he told the court. 4 branch secretary Rosemary Kelly said union credit cards should only have covered expenses that furthered the union's interest. Ms Kelly said if a union leader was on a business trip incidental expenses could be covered by the cards, but should have been repaid. "You wouldn't take the ­credit cards with you wherever you went and pay for personal expenses if you were in ­another city on business," Ms Kelly said. She said a committee set up to monitor the finances of the union met only on an ad-hoc basis and never more than twice a year. She added that as national secretary Thomson had the capacity to sign off on expenditure of up to $50,000. Earlier, the court heard Thomson had access to several credit cards and was the only union official who could withdraw cash from at least one of them. He said he learnt Thomson could do so from his card ­following an exit audit conducted after the former Dobell MP left the union. Thomson lost his Central Coast seat in September. The hearing continues today.