Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:43 pm  

Indeed. Guilty.

Indeed. Guilty.

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:12 pm  

"Take her down, the Pryce is guilty..."

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:18 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

"Take her down, the Pryce is guilty..."

Perhaps, as punishment, they should be made to share a cell ...

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:01 pm  

Mintball wrote:

:lol:

Perhaps, as punishment, they should be made to share a cell ...

... what with you? (Just joking!)

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:05 pm  

Of course, some old cynics would say that we all know she'll get off with a bender, while he'll do some actual chokey.

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:15 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Of course, some old cynics would say that we all know she'll get off with a bender, while he'll do some actual chokey.

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

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:22 pm  

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.

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:10 pm  

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.

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:16 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

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.

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.

Re: Huhne was lying : Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:45 pm  

Mintball wrote:

:lol:

Perhaps, as punishment, they should be made to share a cell ...

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