Chris Huhne to be charged for perverting the course of justice
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I don't get it.
An MP gets caught doing just doing what about every married couple would do if approaching a ban due to a build up of penalty points.
I'm not saying its a trivial issue. But come on I see my local rag every day filled with court reports of men driving without MOT, insurance, tax and get a £200 fine. Driver causes death by dangerous driving gets a suspended sentence.
A big WTF??? Speechless.
Because crimes against the legal establishment are more important that crimes against the small people (to the legal establishment).
It's all so utterly pointless and unnecessary. He got done a week or two later for using his mobile while driving, got the points and was banned anyway. With a record like his, the roads are a safer place without him on them!
He's lied about it for ten years, used every legal dodge available to keep it out of court and only when the game was finally up and he had no other choice, did he plead guilty.
Good riddance to the lying *******.
He's lied about it for ten years, used every legal dodge available to keep it out of court and only when the game was finally up and he had no other choice, did he plead guilty.
Good riddance to the lying *******.
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What I still don't understand was why Vikcy Pryce dobbed him in (thereby implicating herself and she is now in the dock). I know he had an affair and can see why she'd want revenge but isn't this cutting your nose off to spite your face a little?
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They will both get sent to prison I bet having read the latest BBC report she does sound like she wanted him taken down..
The problem being the Journalist told her that there was 'minor risk' from doing this when in actual fact it seems that its likely she will be convicted.
The problem being the Journalist told her that there was 'minor risk' from doing this when in actual fact it seems that its likely she will be convicted.
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If I was 3 points from a ban, I wouldnt be speeding, especially if I was in the public eye. And now we have Clegg and others saying how he was one of the better politicians? God help us all.
Also the journalist prompting that she was bullied into it, sounds like it could end worse for her than him to me.
For those questioning how it could possibly result in a life sentence, perverting the course of justice isn't only relevant to misrepresenting a speeding offence, it could be giving a false statement regarding a murder. While when concerning a minor case it seems a bit harsh, the seriousness of the perversion will generally relate to what was done and the scale to which it prevented justice being carried out.
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you get sent to the nearest nick after sentencing. there are loads of cat d prisoners in cat A & B prisons. quite often for the duration of the sentences.
oh, and they can just ship you half way across the country at a whim too
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you could say the same for a massive amount of people going to prison.
This. The whole point of the CJ system is that the jury should have a reasonable belief that the the people in the witness box are telling the truth (obviously many aren't, but that's a whole other issue). This means that the Court tends to get VERY strict with people who commit what are essentially crimes against the Court. This is why Contempt of Court can result in effectively an indefinite sentence as well. The idea to make people less likely to mess the Court about.
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he'll get 1 year serve 5 months
No, no, we wouldn't.