Sentences with phrase «speeding points scandal»
A disgraced barrister and part - time judge who lied to police investigating former cabinet minister Chris Huhne's speeding points scandal has been removed from the judiciary.
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Constance Briscoe, the disgraced barrister and part - time judge jailed for perverting the course of justice in the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal, has been left penniless, a court was told.
Judge and best - selling author Constance Briscoe faces prison after a jury found her guilty on Thursday of intending to pervert the course of justice in the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal.
High - profile barrister struck off after being imprisoned for telling lies to police during Chris Huhne speeding points scandal
Huhne and his ex-wife were both jailed for eight months over a speeding points scandal dating back a decade
During her trials, the court heard she had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 in a bid to «nail» her ex-husband, who had left her the previous year for PR adviser Carina Trimingham.
Former Cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce have both been jailed for eight months over the speeding points scandal.
Mr Huhne was sentenced to an eight month jailed sentence along with his ex-wife Vicky Pryce for perverting the course of justice over a speeding points scandal.
Not exact matches
The Liberal Democrat most under threat from the shadow of scandal this year was energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who faces a police investigation over newspaper allegations that he tried to dodge speeding points on his licence.
All of the salient points relating to Huhne's attempts to dodge speeding points on his licence had emerged in 2011, but it wasn't until February this year that the scandal finally cost him his place in the Cabinet.
The deputy prime minister found himself facing accusations of a cover - up over the Huhne speeding points, after emails emerged on Thursday suggesting he might have known something of the scandal to come.
Briscoe faces jail after lying about her involvement in the Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce speeding points swap scandal