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| Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife are to stand trial next Monday over claims she took speeding points for him so he could avoid prosecution. | |
| Huhne and his former wife, Vicky Pryce, were both charged last year with perverting the course of justice over the allegation, said to relate to a speeding offence in 2003. | |
| Pryce previously pleaded not guilty on the grounds of marital coercion and Huhne entered a not guilty plea to the charge on Monday. | |
| Former energy secretary Huhne, 58, stood down from the cabinet following the charge last year, but remained the Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh. | |
| The events which led to the charges date back to March 2003, when Huhne's car was allegedly caught by a speed camera on the motorway between Stansted Airport in Essex and London. | |
| Accusations of impropriety emerged only in 2010 after he had admitted an affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham and ended his 26-year marriage to Pryce. | |
| It is alleged that between March 12 2003 and May 21 2003, Pryce, 60, falsely informed police that she was the driver of the car so Huhne could avoid prosecution. | |
| Both defendants are on bail and their trial at Southwark crown court is due to start next Monday. |