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March 11, 2013 @ 10:53 am
LONDON (AP) - A former U.K. Cabinet minister and his ex-wife were each sentenced to eight months in jail on Monday over a convoluted attempt to transfer a 2003 speeding penalty.
Chris Huhne, 58, pleaded guilty last month to perverting the course of justice after months of denying any wrongdoing. He resigned as a Liberal Democrat lawmaker the same day he pleaded guilty.
His ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, had claimed Huhne coerced her into taking the penalty for his speeding violation. Pryce, 60, was convicted of perverting the course of justice last week.
The case has riveted Britain as deeply personal and embarrassing revelations about the powerful couple's 25-year marriage emerged.
In his sentencing Monday, Judge Nigel Sweeney said Huhne had lied "again and again" and told Pryce she had a "controlling, manipulative and devious side."
"To the extent that anything good has come out of this whole process, it is that now, finally, you have both been brought to justice for your joint offence," Sweeney told the pair at London's Southwark Crown Court. "Any element of tragedy is entirely your own fault."
The couple split in 2010 after Huhne's affair with his public relations adviser was revealed. The conviction has shattered Huhne's political career.
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