Chris Huhne MP & Vicky Pryce Got 8 months served only 62 days

[arista]

[Chris Huhne finally admits he did it: Former Cabinet
minister quits as MP after pleading guilty to
perverting the course of justice on speeding
offence Ten Years Ago
Huhne quit as minister to clear his
name but changed his plea this morning
His ex-wife Vicky Pryce denies charge based
on 'marital coercion'
Huhne's car was caught speeding
on M11 near Stansted in March 2003
National newspaper investigation
uncovered the case in 2011
Judge tells him he should be under
'no illusion' about sentence he faces
He will now stand down as MP for Eastleigh in Hampshire
Nick Clegg 'shocked and saddened' by Huhne's conduct]


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273149/Chris-Huhne-quits-MP-pleading-guilty-perverting-course-justice-speeding-offence.html#ixzz2JvutHZV4


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Going into the Court - Last Throw of the Dice

[Livia]

I hope they throw the book at him.

[Omah]

Bang 'im up for at least a year ..... :hmph:

[joeysteele]

To quote from a QUEEN song, with great joy for me as to the Lib Dems.
''another one bites the dust''.

[bbfan1991]

Hooray, now for him to get a suitable punishment...

[arista]

Bang 'im up for at least a year ..... :hmph:


No

He is no Longer a MP.

Thats upsetting for him and dear nick

[Nedusa]

What a stupid prat, why didn't he just admit it at the time take the ban probably lose his ministerial position ( for a while) but his political career would still be intact... Now he is going to prison and his career is in tatters. What a clever boy...!!!!

[joeysteele]

He's only done it now becasue he realises the evidence is likely strong against him and by pleading guilty now, he will get a more lenient sentence also he has saved court time as to his part of the case.
He will have had the audacity to likely think that sometime just before the trial the charges may have been dropped.

Total hypocrite,in the 2010 election he had leaflets stating he was a happily married family man,despite seeing someone else at the time then splitting from his wife afterwards. People like him make me sick.

[arista]

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[the truth]

should 3 points really destroy a mans life? yes hes a lying prat , but lets keep some perspective eh

[arista]

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Nasty Son Peter

[Nedusa]

I've just read the above texts and cannot understand how this man was quite prepared to risk everything and I mean everything as the relationship with his son is clearly in grave danger of being irreparably damaged over this. He risked sending his wife to jail and clearly himself and the destruction of his political career and reputation.

And for what 3 lousy points on his licence and a short term ban...

Is this Man fit for office or to be a politician if he cannot work out the best solution to fairly simple moral dilemmas choosing rather to destroy himself and his family over a simple speeding ticket...??

[arista]

"He risked sending his wife to jail a"

Maybe she would not go.

He was a MP
he nearly beat Nick


Its like he has Died

[Kizzy]

Just read this, I would like to think he came clean to mend the relationship with his son....haha daft I know.

[Nedusa]

Yes, that would be the honourable thing to do...

[Livia]

He left his guilty plea till the last minute because he still thought that they were going to throw this case out. His sentence should be increased for the size and length of the lie.

[arista]

He left his guilty plea till the last minute because he still thought that they were going to throw this case out. His sentence should be increased for the size and length of the lie.


Nasty

[Amy Jade]

His sons a bit a dick though, no matter what you shouldn't speak to your parents with such disrespect.

[Livia]

His sons a bit a dick though, no matter what you shouldn't speak to your parents with such disrespect.

Being a parent doesn't automatically earn you respect. If anyone's been a dick, it's Huhne.

[Kizzy]

His sons a bit a dick though, no matter what you shouldn't speak to your parents with such disrespect.

He is treating his parent with respect, how would you treat someone who had your mother arrested and blamed for a crime she didn't commit for 10yrs?

[bbfan1991]

Vicky Pryce 'wanted revenge' over Chris Huhne's affair

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Chris Huhne's former wife passed the story about his speeding offence to the press in revenge for his extra-marital affair, Southwark Crown Court heard.

Prosecutors say Vicky Pryce, 60, took speeding points for Huhne a decade ago.

The jury was read an email from 2011 - after she found out about Huhne's affair - in which Ms Pryce, of Clapham, London, said she wanted to "nail him".

She denies perverting the course of justice. Huhne admitted the same charge on Monday and has resigned as an MP.

'Play ball'
Ex-Liberal Democrat cabinet minister Huhne and Ms Pryce, an economist, were charged last year over an incident in March 2003 when Huhne's car was caught by a speed camera on the motorway between Stansted Airport in Essex and London.

It is alleged that between 12 March and 21 May 2003, Ms Pryce, who was still married to Huhne, falsely informed police that she was the driver of the car so he could avoid prosecution.

Andrew Edis QC, opening the prosecution case against Ms Pryce, said Huhne could not have passed his points to Ms Pryce on his own - they would have worked together. He said both people had to "play ball".

Mr Edis said Ms Pryce would now use a special legal defence available only to wives, saying that she was coerced by him into taking the points.

He said the jury would have to decide whether Ms Pryce was "weak-minded" and forced into accepting the points by Huhne or was a "strong-minded and manipulative" woman acting of her own free will.

"Focus not on whether she was persuaded but whether she was in a situation where she had a choice," he said.

Mr Edis told the court the speeding offence only came to light in 2011 after Huhne told Ms Pryce he was having an affair.

"She was not only distressed but extremely angry and wanted some revenge and her revenge was to pass the story about the 2003 crime to the newspapers so that it would be published in the hope that would destroy her husband's career," Mr Edis said.

'Manipulative people'

The jury of eight women and four men heard details of email exchanges between Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott and Ms Pryce from 1 March 2011 as they discussed how to publicise the crime.

Ms Oakeshott told her a "major two-part article" would inflict "maximum and perhaps fatal damage on Chris if you are prepared to be open", Mr Edis told the court.

Mr Edis said Ms Oakeshott told her it would fulfil her dual objective - "bringing Chris down without damaging your own reputation in the process".

Ms Pryce responded in email: "I definitely want to nail him. More than ever, I would love to do it soon."

Ms Oakeshott later replied: "The bottom line is that this story will bring Chris down if you are prepared to go on the record, with the minor risk this carries.

"I think you can make yourself out to be very much the honourable one, saying it has very much been on your conscience ever since, saying you knew it was wrong but you were bullied into it."

Mr Edis went on: "Mr Huhne was charged, he did resign, yesterday he pleaded guilty, he's not a cabinet minister any more. The plan worked."

'Ridiculous stories'

The court also heard Ms Pryce got a recording device from the newspaper to try to tape Huhne over the phone admitting to the offence. The jury was played recordings of four phone calls made in April 2011.

Ms Pryce repeatedly asks Huhne to confirm that she received the points, but he denies it, advising her not to speak to journalists.

In one call, he said: "Can I suggest, if you want to stop journalists door-stepping you, you stop telling ridiculous stories to the press."

In another, he said: "I'm going to tell them (the media) the truth which is of course that I absolutely deny that you ever took the points for me."

At one point, Ms Pryce says to him: "You want me to just lie to people basically, like you have done continuously?"

Mr Edis said: "You might come to the conclusion that these telephone calls are two manipulative people trying unsuccessfully to manipulate each other."

He also told the court a speeding offence "might not seem like a big deal... but ultimately it does matter". The system, he said, would not work if "everyone fiddles it".

The trial has been adjourned until Thursday.

Conclusion is that Chris Huhne is a twat.

[Amy Jade]

He is treating his parent with respect, how would you treat someone who had your mother arrested and blamed for a crime she didn't commit for 10yrs?
No matter what I would never swear at either of my parents.

[Kizzy]

No matter what I would never swear at either of my parents.

Well that's your choice stupidhoe.

[Amy Jade]

Well that's your choice stupidhoe.
Obviously, yes. Hence me posting it.

[joeysteele]

Good thing he didn't get the leadership of the Lib Dems.
I agree with Livia, he has only pleaded guilty because he hoped the charges would be dropped or thrown out before a trial.

As I said earlier though,far from increasing any likely sentence,he will because of that guilty plea before the trial was under way,he will earn credits and likely get a more lenient sentence.

[the truth]

:nono:Being a parent doesn't automatically earn you respect. If anyone's been a dick, it's Huhne.

crass name calling tut tut:nono:not very intelligent

[Kizzy]

Obviously, yes. Hence me posting it.

And it's a very sensible thing to post stupidhoe well done :)

[Amy Jade]

And it's a very sensible thing to post stupidhoe well done :)

It's simply my opinion, I'm not forcing anyone to agree. Don't know why you're being sarcastic.

[arista]

Good thing he didn't get the leadership of the Lib Dems.
I agree with Livia, he has only pleaded guilty because he hoped the charges would be dropped or thrown out before a trial.

As I said earlier though,far from increasing any likely sentence,he will because of that guilty plea before the trial was under way,he will earn credits and likely get a more lenient sentence.

If he did
he could still be there
as could pay off his family.
Using party funds

[arista]

After hearing
the Taped Phone Calls by his Ex-Wife (on SkyNewsHD)
I can see why he dumped her.


What a Bitch


He is staying in the LibDem party.

[Marcus.]

After hearing
the Taped Phone Calls by his Ex-Wife (on SkyNewsHD)
I can see why he dumped her.


What a Bitch


He is staying in the LibDem party.

what as

[arista]

He is due to be sentanced soon in court
and his Ex Wife.

Both have overnight bags.

Expected Prison

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Judgement day

[Omah]

Take 'em down and bang 'em up ..... :pipe:

[arista]

Take 'em down and bang 'em up ..... :pipe:

Yes she has a bigger case/bag
ready

[arista]

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8 Months Prison sentance for Ex -MP Chris Huhne



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Vicky Pryce his Ex Wife who taped him
also 8 Months Prison


http://news.sky.com/story/1063212/chris-huhne-and-vicky-pryce-get-eight-months


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/11/chris-huhne-i-am-sorry

[Omah]

Porridge for two ..... :pipe:

[arista]

Porridge for two ..... :pipe:


Yes thats him Out of Politics for his life.

He should have just told them it was him
and stop from driving.

As he could be driven as a MP


She was helped by the Times Lady (free phone tape device)
but Stupid of her went to the Daily Mail as well.

[Brother Leon]

I love the way she tried snitch him up with some sneak tactics, only to send herself to prison aswell as a result.

LOL!

[arista]

I love the way she tried snitch him up with some sneak tactics, only to send herself to prison aswell as a result.

LOL!



Yes Fair Result that way

[MTVN]

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[Omah]

Yes thats him Out of Politics for his life.

He should have just told them it was him
and stop from driving.

As he could be driven as a MP

Yeah, he was complete mug - other people (have to) cope with a driving ban ..... :idc:

[bbfan1991]

Serves them right. I have no sympathy for them, you break the law and in the end you pay the ultimate price- Karma!

[joeysteele]

This normally isn't me but I couldn't help but laugh that he only got one month taken off for pleading guilty.
He was likely to get 9 months in prison reduced to 8 months.

For what, a load of lies and deceit spanning 10 years, yet he along with other Lib Dems took a holier than thou attitude to Conservative and Labour MPs when any of them got into difficulties and in many ways far less serious than this farce.
Good riddance to the pair of them.

[arista]

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No MP ever again
she got her wish but also gets Jail

[the truth]

revenge DOESNT WORK. she is such an idiot

[Kizzy]

This has been the greatest show on earth, what an expensive media circus for a speeding offence.
The estimated cost of the trial was 2 million, I am glad that they both share in the punishment as they shared in the initial collusion.

[Omah]

This has been the greatest show on earth, what an expensive media circus for a speeding offence.
The estimated cost of the trial was 2 million, I am glad that they both share in the punishment as they shared in the initial collusion.

£2m? Have you got a source for that, please.

[lostalex]

who cares? they're both fat and ugly. They were stupid for trying to lie about something so petty. idiots.

you know if the government is putting this in the public eye, there must be something much better going on behind the scenes.

typical bait and switch.

Isn't the UK recently going through a trial of UK soldiers allegedly torturing Iraqi's?? funny how that's not in the news.. hmmmm

bait and switch.

[arista]

who cares? they're both fat and ugly. They were stupid for trying to lie about something so petty. idiots.

you know if the government is putting this in the public eye, there must be something much better going on behind the scenes.

typical bait and switch.

Isn't the UK recently going through a trial of UK soldiers allegedly torturing Iraqi's?? funny how that's not in the news.. hmmmm

bait and switch.

Thats a Private Court

[sooty]

Originally he is a dangerous driver. He could have killed someone the way he was driving. (driving wrong direction, using mobile, speeding..)

Revenge is a sad thing.

[Marc]

I get why we should be shaming PMs etc but why is this headlining our news :bored: just get them in jail and report on more imporant things

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22507000

Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has said she is "very pleased to be home" after leaving prison in Kent.

Pryce, who was convicted with Huhne of perverting the course of justice after she took speeding points for him, has served two months of an eight-month sentence.

Speaking via her lawyer, Pryce, 60, said she was looking forward to returning to work as an economist.

Huhne left prison earlier.

Electronic tags

Pryce left East Sutton Park prison near Maidstone, Kent, via a back exit early on Monday with her lawyer Robert Brown.

After returning to her home in Clapham, south-west London, Mr Brown read a statement to reporters on behalf of the mother-of-five.

"Vicky Pryce is very pleased to be home and back with her family," he said.

"She is grateful for all the support she has received from everyone whilst in prison, including her fellow residents and prison staff.

The BBC's Jon Kay was outside Leyhill Prison in Gloucestershire when Huhne was released

"She now intends to spend time with her family and looks forward to returning to her career as an economist."

Pryce has ideas to write about the economics of the criminal justice system, combining her economic expertise with her experience behind bars, according to Mr Brown.

Huhne, 58, was also released on Monday, leaving Leyhill Prison in Gloucestershire by the main entrance, having served eight weeks of his sentence.

He is due to return to the home he shares with PR adviser Carina Trimingham in London.

Blimey, only a QUARTER of the sentence in the slammer ..... :shrug:

[arista]

Look at the Costs it is to keep them to in prison
thats big amounts we are saving.


Sign Of The Times

[Kizzy]

Fellow residents?...It's not a hilton love! haha

[Omah]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_East_Sutton_Park

East Sutton is a parish approximately 6 miles south-east of Maidstone in Kent, England.

East Sutton is small in number of dwellings but relatively large in area: the parish has a women's prison, a council estate of 16 houses and the Grade I listed 13th-century St Peter's and St Paul's Church.

HMP East Sutton Park is a prison and Young Offenders Institution for females, situated in a manor house, located just outside the village.

King Edward VII used to visit the village for liaisons with his mistress, Alice Keppel at Pleasure House, on the border with Sutton Valence.

HM Prison East Sutton Park is a women's open prison and Young Offenders Institution, based in and around an Elizabethan brick house, East Sutton Park, dating from 1570 and overlooking the Weald of Kent. The Prison has a population of (only) 100 (as of January 2007)

Sounds like a "country house retreat" to me ..... :rolleyes:

[Nedusa]

Apparently this Minimum security prison barely qualifies as a prison as the inmates can walk out anytime they chose. The prison is situated in a lovely quiet rural setting and if you didnt see the word Prison you would never guess it actually was one.

Mr Huhne would have had his own room and the abilty to lock it from the "inside" to give himself some privacy from nosey prisoners and prison wardens. He would have had the pick of any courses that the prison ran or he could choose to utilise the well stocked Prison library and catch up on his reading.Perhaps some TV with all the Sky channels available.

He probably benefitted from the downtime he had to reflect on his actions and develop a plan of action upon leaving.

All in All a change is as good as a rest and rested and re-invigorated Mr Huhne can now look forward to rebuilding his life completely rehabilitated and ready to face the future.

And who said Prison doesn't work ??

[joeysteele]

Look at the Costs it is to keep them to in prison
thats big amounts we are saving.


Sign Of The Times

I would agree with you here.

My own feeling is that only violent criminals should occupy prison places really.
I am very surprised they are out after barely a quarter of their sentence is done but then I also wonder in this case, why am I surprised really.

[Kizzy]

What is the alternative? They have served a sentence of sorts which is what would happen to anyone else in similar circs. they have money and could have just had a huge fine, however many might say they were just buying their way out of a jail term I guess?...

[Omah]

Apparently this Minimum security prison barely qualifies as a prison as the inmates can walk out anytime they chose. The prison is situated in a lovely quiet rural setting and if you didnt see the word Prison you would never guess it actually was one.

Mr Huhne would have had his own room and the abilty to lock it from the "inside" to give himself some privacy from nosey prisoners and prison wardens. He would have had the pick of any courses that the prison ran or he could choose to utilise the well stocked Prison library and catch up on his reading.Perhaps some TV with all the Sky channels available.

He probably benefitted from the downtime he had to reflect on his actions and develop a plan of action upon leaving.

All in All a change is as good as a rest and rested and re-invigorated Mr Huhne can now look forward to rebuilding his life completely rehabilitated and ready to face the future.

And who said Prison doesn't work ??

Surely this vindicates the Tory-Lib-Dem Alliance, as even one of their own, convicted of a heinous crime, serves out his sentence of penal servitude and emerges from his cell, chastened by his traumatic and arduous experience ...... :pipe:

:laugh2:

[Kazanne]

maybe community service would have been a better way to go,let them get down in the gutter and see what it's like.

[arista]

maybe community service would have been a better way to go,let them get down in the gutter and see what it's like.



Yes picking up dog poo in parks

[Nedusa]

Surely this vindicates the Tory-Lib-Dem Alliance, as even one of their own, convicted of a heinous crime, serves out his sentence of penal servitude and emerges from his cell, chastened by his traumatic and arduous experience ...... :pipe:

:laugh2:

Absolutely...........the leg irons came off this morning !!!

[Nedusa]

Yes picking up dog poo in parks

Without gloves........!!!:shocked::shocked::shocked:

[Kazanne]

Yes picking up dog poo in parks

That would have been a fitting punishment Arista:hugesmile:

[Omah]

Yes picking up dog poo in parks

Without gloves........!!!:shocked::shocked::shocked:

Including the "sloppy" ones ..... :evilgrin:

[MTVN]

Didn't realise he was in Leyhill prison, I've played darts there a few times at the social club, can imagine there aren't many nicer places to be an inmate. It's that way for a reason though with all the prisoners being low risk and most just at the end of their sentence or serving for minor crimes

Don't really care about them being released early either, it's not really in the public interest to keep them imprisoned

[arista]

Didn't realise he was in Leyhill prison, I've played darts there a few times at the social club, can imagine there aren't many nicer places to be an inmate. It's that way for a reason though with all the prisoners being low risk and most just at the end of their sentence or serving for minor crimes

Don't really care about them being released early either, it's not really in the public interest to keep them imprisoned


He Destroyed his Political Future
she went to the press - the bitch

[Livia]

He Destroyed his Political Future
she went to the press - the bitch

He got her to attempt to take his punishment, then he betrayed her with another woman. Hell hath no fury like a "bitch" scorned...

[arista]

He got her to attempt to take his punishment, then he betrayed her with another woman. Hell hath no fury like a "bitch" scorned...


Yes its Complex