It might be tricky to justify. Equal culpability and he did plead guilty, albeit late.

He only pleaded guilty having wasted a whole bunch of the court's time in trying unsuccessfully to get the case thrown out. It wasn't quite the full and frank admission it might have been plus hadn't he spent years bagging CPS etc.

Reading the emails between her and Isabel Oakeshott, I'm surprised it even took that long to come up with a guilty verdict. They seem pretty damning.

True, but Judges are meant to reward guilty pleas even if late or "caught red handed". As an example, Mrs Canoe Man received a longer sentence than her hubby.

Would that mean she has to give up her gig as a Hugh Fearnley-Fishingstall look-a-likey?

I seriously doubt that one, especially as the CPS are now looking to hit him with £120k costs for rebutting his attempt to get the case thrown out.

Early guilty pleas can be rewarded. Huhne's will not be, I suspect, as it wasn't early, and followed several attempts to have the case thrown out completely. The CPS are rightly going to ask for costs

Ouch!

The position is generally 1/3 off for an early guilty plea at the first reasonable opportunity. It then goes on a sliding scale. For example, 1/4 after a trial date is set.

You can still get 10% at the door of the court or after a trial has commenced. Which is possibly what Huhne will get.

I doubt he will get much credit. But it should be just enough to stop him from getting a more severe sentence than his wife, as was suggested.

The Huhne & Pryce sentencing hearing will probably last longer than the time they receive

Huhne gets 8 months perverting course of justice



Huhne gets 10% off for pleading guilty

Both of them got 8 months

Got off light, he definitely deserved a few years doing what he did from a position of power to vote on laws that the rest of us have to obey.

So effectively he gets 7 months, will serve 50% of that and then will probably be out even earlier on a tag. I doubt he'll do much more than 6 weeks, after his time in court and attending police bail and interviews. She won't be too far behind.

I've just seen her "overnight bag". I've taken less luggage on a fortnight's holiday.

Have you seen the state of you though? If not, look in the mirror Mr Brummel.

No need: black Boden moleskin suit, Eton shirt, Van Buck tie, Russell & Bromley tan nubuck boots and a bespoke Chesterfield

Pity Vicky Pryce didn't heed the old saying: "Before setting out on the path of revenge, better dig two graves"

No Hull FC shirt then?

Lay off Mrs D's cooking sherry and try to stay on-topic

Jonnathan [ithe perjuror[/i Aitken seems to be making a few quid out of the Huhne's misfortunes.
Doing the television studio circuit and giving his opinion (who wants it?) on how they should do their bird.

My god what a suck up sod he is.
Going on about loud reggae music (this is what criminals listen too obviously) and writing letters for the large illiterate population (a lot of prisioners cannot read or right obviously according to him).
It appears he learned nothing and is still an ignorant toff.

Be thankful for small mercies, at least it isn't Archer......

Unfortunately that turd was on the BBC Breakfast News sofa last week.

Yes, saw that this morning ... he's really clued-up