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The former British cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce have been sentenced to eight months in prison for perverting the course of justice. Ten years ago Ms Pryce accepted a speeding penalty on behalf of her husband so he could avoid a driving ban. Mr Huhne stepped down as energy secretary last year after the allegations emerged following the breakdown of their marriage. Rob Watson reports.
英国前内阁大臣Chris Huhne和前妻Vicky Pryce以妨碍司法公正罪被判处8个月有期徒刑。10年前Pryce顶替自己的的丈夫接受了超速的处罚,为的是让他得以免除触犯驾驶禁令的罪名。去年他们婚姻破裂后,当年的这个事浮出水面,Huhne的职位因此被降到能源部长。Rob Watson报道。
It’s been dubbed a case of revenge that spectacularly backfired. Furious two years ago that her husband had decided to leave her for another woman Vicky Pryce wanted revenge. She executed it by revealing she had once taken the penalty points for a minor speeding offence when in fact her then husband had been driving. Chris Huhne’s political career is now in ruins and Vicky Pryce’s character has been picked apart by newspapers endlessly fascinated by a drama driven by powerful emotions and family breakup.