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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6853
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: Good news.... |
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Well it pleased me....
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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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I think it's obscene the way these four are wriggling and squirming on the hook...... _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Cowardly is my word.
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