Chris Huhne's Big Day....In Court

[whinmoor]

Maybe it's ancient history as far as the PV community is concerned but I expect a few of us will gain a crumb of comfort from seeing our old friend in the dock today.

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Press Association reports:
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Former energy secretary Chris Huhne is expected to make his first appearance in court accused of perverting the course of justice.
Huhne is alleged to have asked his ex-wife Vicky Pryce to take his penalty points for a speeding offence almost a decade ago.
His car was allegedly caught by a speed camera on the motorway between Stansted Airport in Essex and London in March 2003.
Accusations of impropriety did not emerge until after the MP's 26-year marriage ended in 2010 as a result of his affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced the charge earlier this month, leading Huhne to step down from his role as energy and climate change secretary although he remains Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh in Hampshire.
Economist Pryce, who faces the same charge, will appear in the dock alongside her ex-husband at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London.

 

[JulianC]

Is it too late to bring back hanging?

 

[whinmoor]

Our old buddy has admitted to being a naughty boy. I wonder if they will throw the book at him:

BBC News - Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice

 

[SolarCity]

Looks like he could get 12 months - which seems excessive.

Not that I'm complaining.

 

[BruceB]

I hope his ex-wife does not get away with her 'marital coercion' defence.
It was her that shopped him iirc and she does not appeared to be the sort of person easily coerced.

 

[ian.settle1]

Thing is if he got a prison sentence of less than 12 months he could still stay an MP anything more than 12 months he would have had to resign.

 

[Octopus]

Hum, another lying MP - can't wait for the excuses to "spin" out!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Just heard on the radio, Perverting the course of Justice, carries a maximum penalty of Life!
Hahahahaha.....just to avoid 3 points!

 

[daveullswater]

Have you read the texts between Huhne and is son? Interesting reading to say the least

 

[Geordie Spark]

Hum, another lying MP - can't wait for the excuses to "spin" out!

Isn't being a fluent liar a requirement for the job?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Isn't being a fluent liar a requirement for the job?

Bit like the police?!


(see you later!)

 

[Geordie Spark]

Bit like the police?!


(see you later!)

Exactly like the police.

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Exactly like the police.

That could get you into fast troub....nee nah, nee nah, nee nah,,,,,,,,,

 

[grantr37]

shouldn't be commenting on here as its an ongoing case and possibly could be used against the members of this site or the site itself....

 

[Essexboy7]

There is nothing wrong with comenting on a case that is all over the media.
Nothing that is going to predjudice the case is going to be discussed here.For my piece i think he is a scumbag and i hope he gets banged up

 

[Energetic]

Perverting the course of justice is government policy when the banks are concernned. This is a storm in a teacup by comparison.

At lea\st we have his great legacy - the grean deal...

 

[sparkless]

Have you read the texts between Huhne and is son? Interesting reading to say the least

I thought they were really sad,

His son was hurting from the breakup.

I think he'll get bird tho

 

[sparkless]

Perverting the course of justice is government policy when the banks are concernned. This is a storm in a teacup by comparison.

At lea\st we have his great legacy - the grean deal...

I wonder if prison cells have cavity wall insulation?

 

[SolarCity]

Seems a bit much to send the guy to prison for this, in my opinion.

While I agree that the man is clearly a massive peckerhead, if you were to lock up everyone in the country that tried to dodge a speeding fine and then lied about it you would have to make Scotland a penal colony.

 

[sparkless]

Seems a bit much to send the guy to prison for this, in my opinion.

While I agree that the man is clearly a massive peckerhead, if you were to lock up everyone in the country that tried to dodge a speeding fine and then lied about it you would have to make Scotland a penal colony.

its about setting an example

he's not "everyone in the country" he is an elected MP and if he was seen to be getting away with it, it would set a very bad president to Jo Public to fix speeding tickets

 

[ktech]

Will be interesting what happens to his ex, think her case starts today.

 

[sparkless]

Will be interesting what happens to his ex, think her case starts today.

whats the penalty for being a grass?

 

[Octopus]

whats the penalty for being a grass?

Was she a grass, or was it the son?

 

[sparkless]

Was she a grass, or was it the son?

Dunno

I thought she brought it up in her divorce proceedings for sympathy, the speeding ticket is ten years old

 

[UNG]

His ex spoke out to drop him in it and ended up in the mire herself I think this has backfired on her a bit. With hindsight would she have dropped him in it if she knew she would end up in court as a defendant and facing the consequences herself

 

[Octopus]

What a twxt. 3 points/a possible 3 month ban 10 years ago and look whats happened now.

A question of zero judgement IMHO

 

[Gary K]

its about setting an example

he's not "everyone in the country" he is an elected MP and if he was seen to be getting away with it, it would set a very bad president to Jo Public to fix speeding tickets

Can't have a bad president- we've already got a terrible prime minister

 

[moospark]

Seems a bit much to send the guy to prison for this, in my opinion.

While I agree that the man is clearly a massive peckerhead, if you were to lock up everyone in the country that tried to dodge a speeding fine and then lied about it you would have to make Scotland a penal colony.

It virtually is.

 

[Gavin A]

its about setting an example

he's not "everyone in the country" he is an elected MP and if he was seen to be getting away with it, it would set a very bad president to Jo Public to fix speeding tickets

If he held his hands up to it when this all first came out I'd probably agree, but he spent a year or more still lying through his teeth, trying to get the charge thrown out of court several times, denying it all the way up to the court date before finally admitting it. How much money, CPS, police and court time would have been saved if he'd just held his hands up to it from the time this came out?

porridge and humble pie required IMO

 

[finchy]

Just need to get Greg next, never forget 31/10/11 ...should have lost his job for is terrible handling of the FITS. Even the high court ruled unlawful, he thought he was above the law too!!

 

[SRE]

8 months for Huhne - same for ex wife Pryce

 

[Octopus]

8 months for Huhne

He really should have an enormous fine, given the costs for this case!

 

[MDJ]

Hope he serves all the 8 months too and hope it teaches these politicians a lessen as well

 

[TedM]

I believe the Crown Prosecution Service are going to try to recover some of their costs on the basis that he left it up to the last possible minute before pleading guilty.

 

[Vegelen]

Legal costs should be recovered from his MP's pension.

 

[Earthstore]

Should he still be entitled to an MP's pension?

 

[Essexboy7]

That bloke is one horrible arrogant scumbag i hope he serves every minute of it

 

[Octopus]

To think he came VERY close to beating Nick Clegg to be the leader of the Liberals

 

[Vegelen]

Chris Huhne wasn't an unlucky punter that exceeded 9 points having driven safely most of his life.
He was an arrogant man who believed he was cleverer than everyone else and could do what he wanted regardless.
After his wife lied for him to prevent him loosing his license, he eventually lost it caught driving talking on a mobile phone.
People like that are ticking time bombs that will hurt someone sooner or later.
Those that seek to undermine UK Road Traffic Laws, deceiving courts deserve everything they get.

 

[Gavin A]

To think he came VERY close to beating Nick Clegg to be the leader of the Liberals

stupid thing is, despite all this I still reckon he'd have been better than clegg. At least he only lied about speeding points, whereas Clegg lied about tuition fees, economic policy, civil liberties, not being a tory etc. stuff that's resulted in the recession turning into a depression, students ending up paying £30k to go to university, and now apparently secret courts where they don't even need to tell you what the evidence is against you, so you can't defend yourself properly. I know which lies I think were worst.

 

[Silly Sausage]

He'll serve a maximum of 4 months in some ----- category C or D open prison.
From whence he'll probably get let out to work somewhere and get home visits!

I'd send the little so and so to the Cat A wing of Strangeways for a few years.

 

[whinmoor]

I'd lock him up with his ex-missus. They seem to get on really well together :1eye:

 

[Octopus]

stupid thing is, despite all this I still reckon he'd have been better than clegg. At least he only lied about speeding points, whereas Clegg lied about tuition fees, economic policy, civil liberties, not being a tory etc. stuff that's resulted in the recession turning into a depression, students ending up paying £30k to go to university, and now apparently secret courts where they don't even need to tell you what the evidence is against you, so you can't defend yourself properly. I know which lies I think were worst.

And Labour would have done what exactly. There's no difference between the 3 parties today. They all want power so they have to cling on to the middle ground.

What UK plc needs is a centerist party, comprised by people who have had to work for a living for at least 20 years, not these 30 something career politicians who've done nothing.

 

[Gavin A]

And Labour would have done what exactly. There's no difference between the 3 parties today. They all want power so they have to cling on to the middle ground.

What UK plc needs is a centerist party, comprised by people who have had to work for a living for at least 20 years, not these 30 something career politicians who've done nothing.

There's not a vast amount of difference between the 3 parties, but that's part of the point - there was a difference between them at the election, it just turned out that the Lib Dems were quite happy to lie through their teeth about several key points of their manifesto, which it turned out the leadership never intended to support anyway.

As for the difference - even the Office of Budget Responsibility has come out and basically said that we'd have had at least an extra 1.4% growth without the tory / lib dem austerity cuts, but I'm pretty sure it'd have been a lot more than that because of the way the tories have talked down the economy, damaging consumer and business confidence in the process. And that would have translated into a lot less people on the dole, less businesses struggling etc.


eta but I fully agree with your second point. Personally I don't think anyone should be allowed into parliament without having had a career outside politics for at least 10 years.

 

[telectrix]

at least it can't be worse than mein fuhrer blair and his fat controller hermann brown.

 

[MDJ]

Mein fuhrer Cameron

 

[telectrix]

hahaha. touche, mon ami.

 

[trev]

If there is such a thing as natural justice he'll get gang banged in jail

 

[Earthstore]

Mein fuhrer Cameron

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Is that Huhne just been shot out of a cannon in the picture in the background?

 

[ian.settle1]

8 months for Huhne - same for ex wife Pryce

And he got a 10% reduction for pleading guilty.