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.