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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. The trial of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, who are accused of perverting the course of justice over allegations that she took his penalty speeding points to protect him from prosecution, is to begin next Monday.
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. The 58-year-old Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh entered a plea of not guilty at Southwark crown court to the charge relating to an alleged speeding offence in March 2003.
Pryce previously pleaded not guilty on the grounds of marital coercion and Huhne entered a not guilty plea to the charge on Monday. The former energy secretary stood down from the cabinet after it was announced in February last year that he and his former wife would face charges.
Former energy secretary Huhne, 58, stood down from the cabinet following the charge last year, but remained the Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh. The charges date back to 2003 when Huhne's car was allegedly caught by a speed camera on the M11 between Stansted airport and London.
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. It is alleged that between 12 March 2003 and 21 May 2003 Pryce falsely alleged she was the driver of the car. Huhne is charged with allegedly falsely informing the investigating authorities that Pryce had been the driver of the car.
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. Pryce, 60, an economist, from Clapham, south London, had pleaded not guilty on the grounds of marital coercion at an earlier hearing last year.
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 were given unconditional bail.
Both defendants are on bail and their trial at Southwark crown court is due to start next Monday.