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Essex: Video: Chris Huhne resigns after CPS announces charges
1:04pm Friday 3rd February 2012 in Local News
Essex: Video: Chris Huhne resigns after CPS announces charges
Energy secretary Chris Huhne has resigned from his cabinet post as the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed he will face criminal charges.
It is alleged in 2003 he allowed his then wife Vicky Pryce to accepted responisibility for a speeding fine understood to be on the M11 near Stansted.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC said: "All the available evidence, including the new material, has now been carefully considered by the CPS and we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against Mr Huhne and Ms Pryce for perverting the course of justice.
The essence of the charges is that between March and May 2003, Mr Huhne, having allegedly committed a speeding offence, falsely informed the investigating authorities that Ms Pryce had been the driver of the vehicle in question, and she falsely accepted that she was the driver.
Comments(9)
Nebs
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2:06pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Brunning999
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2:38pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Trust no one !!
Or a woman's scorn !!!!!!
So stop the affairs lads or the missus will get you locked up for 6 months.
Sdapeze
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3:12pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Muk
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3:50pm Fri 3 Feb 12
2:06pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Has he resigned as an MP, or just from the cabinet?"
Just from the cabinet, he'll still serve his Eastleigh constituents.
doasilikey
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6:20pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Mind you, working for the Old Bill as a revenue collector can be quite lucrative when it comes to finding employment in the private sector upon retirement, as a certain Mr (formerly Pc) Trevor Hall will testify.
Nebs
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9:19pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Muk wrote:I wonder if the taxpayer will provide a car and driver, or whether he will use the bus.
"Nebs says...
2:06pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Has he resigned as an MP, or just from the cabinet?"
Just from the cabinet, he'll still serve his Eastleigh constituents.
Reginald47
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11:19am Sat 4 Feb 12
Muk
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1:23pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Nebs wrote:Found the proper quote button!
Muk wrote:I wonder if the taxpayer will provide a car and driver, or whether he will use the bus.
"Nebs says...
2:06pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Has he resigned as an MP, or just from the cabinet?"
Just from the cabinet, he'll still serve his Eastleigh constituents.
The Government were cutting ministerial drivers, so he won't be getting them anymore, he should have to pay for Public Transport.
geezer, innit says...
1:37pm Fri 3 Feb 12
Caught out lying and cheating.
One down, the rest to go!