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becky sharp



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:59 am    Post subject: Good news.... Reply with quote

Well it pleased me.... Smile

Ex-Labour MPs and Tory peer lose expenses appeals

Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution.

Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield had argued at the Court of Appeal that only Parliament could hear their case.

The four all deny charges of false accounting over their expenses.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of seven years' imprisonment.

The men had appealed against a ruling in June by Mr Justice Saunders sitting at Southwark Crown Court in central London.

The judge had rejected arguments that they were protected by parliamentary privilege and should be dealt with by Parliament alone.

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, sitting with Lord Neuberger and Sir Anthony May, agreed with the judge's ruling.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10814765
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it's obscene the way these four are wriggling and squirming on the hook...... Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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