I thought this was going to be quietly dropped...
 

... but I was wrong.

Chris Huhne to stand trial over speeding points on Monday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...on-Monday.html

Ah, one can dream...

Yeah, yeah....and what will he get? Small fine and costs he will charge to the taxpayer?

Imprisonment? No chance.....

For someone found guilty of the offence he is being charged with, I'd settle for a reasonable length of Community service and a hefty fine.

(especially given even violent criminals aren't given custodial sentences these days)

Please, please ,please be guilty! He'd then have to resign his seat as well!

Not gonna happen then......

If I could be sure he'd get sent down, I'd probably take a couple days off work just to watch the slimy little toad squirm in the dock. In reality, there's probably only an outside chance he'll get a suspended sentence if found guilty (which he certainly is). I won't be holding my breath, but you never know.

from what I have read, he is defiantly guilty

his wife was at a party in Lewisham at the time of the offence

And hopefully will get convicted (I think he prob will)

he has probably lied so much about this that he believes his own story now

I don't know the finer details of the case but how do you know he's certainly guilty mark?

Edit: Just saw hodgy reply answering that

I can guarantee that he will get less of a punishment if you or I committed the same offence.

Richard

Be interesting to see what his defence will be if it is already public knowledge that his wife was at a party miles away at the time she was supposed to be driving.

If guilty he will go down "as an example".

His ex will also be done.

Clegg must be very pleased

dl

The interesting thing about this, is that although his (ex) wife has pleaded not guilty to the charges, she has done so on the grounds of marital coercion

The back story here is that huhne and his ex wife went through a very messy divorce

A women scorned - frightening

And hopefully he gets the book thrown at him and goes down in flames

Waste of public money. i'm sure a few on here have done the same. ;)

Wasn't Archer sent down for perverting the course?

Judges do take it seriously.....

Yep and Jonathan Aitken

They do take it seriously, I think there is a better than evens chance he will go down

Not really. He's been elected to represent the people of his constituency and is in a position of trust. He therefore should act in an honest fashion, and when, sorry IF, caught out lying in court should receive an appropriate sentence from the judge. It's in the publics interest that these sorts of people be pursued. The courts take a dim view of any 'normal' person found guilty of the same offence. Highly educated sorts, you could say the elite, should not be seen to be above the law.:)

The earlier "silence" may be due to a contempt of court order :Suspiciou ...

Today is H-Day!!

mb

You're guaranteeing that are you?


Based on what, the judiciaries love of lying politicians?

I guarantee that you have no idea what the difference in punishment would be, so your 'guarantee' is just hogwash!

Ooooh, Martin, you're so forceful, so forward, so.......manly.......I'm almost taken in.

:D:

I somehow think he will get it in the neck,as he deserves!

Les

Hope his Missus goes down. :norty:

Really?

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multim...14_378331c.jpg

He's changed his pleas to guilty, didn't see that one coming!

inevitable -- he was guilty

everyone new it

is wife was as at social gathering during the alledge offence, she would have loads of evidence to support this

they just convince themsevles they are innocent -- hubris at work

It's a fit up!!!
That's was not his wife at the party.
That was Mike Myres latest character.:D

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/10403387.jpg

He's changed his plea to guilty.

And resigned as MP :lol1:

Going down then.......

Done a deal behind the scenes then