Read it all... thanks very interesting.
It seems the Judge... as the initial jury... was somewhat taken in by claims of previous good character and distractions of a busy job. I'd have taken far less account of that. Many folks have busy jobs and pressured lives... no excuse.
Also re good character he has given her the benefit of the doubt that "perverting the course of justice" may not have been with intent for the initial 4mths after the speeding offence... yet for the 14mths after that he concludes it was with intent. I'm guessing it was with intent from the start.
There was plenty of time for a person of *real* good character to straighten things out over that 14mths.
And as of this moment she has refused to resign as an MP so will still be drawing the taxpayer funded salary throughout her prison term... and beyond as she's appealed (given her record in this case no surprise) meaning she can't be deselected until after the appeal is decided.
She's let down a lot of people/bodies that are part of her life. I'd like the sentence to be increased on appeal.
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