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| Chris Huhne's ex-wife 'revealed speeding points swap to get revenge' | Chris Huhne's ex-wife 'revealed speeding points swap to get revenge' |
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| Chris Huhne's ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, revealed she had taken his speeding points to get revenge after he left her for another woman, a court has been told. | Chris Huhne's ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, revealed she had taken his speeding points to get revenge after he left her for another woman, a court has been told. |
| The former energy secretary was caught speeding in March 2003 and persuaded Pryce, who he was married to at the time, to take his points so he could avoid losing his licence, Southwark crown court, in London, heard on Tuesday. | The former energy secretary was caught speeding in March 2003 and persuaded Pryce, who he was married to at the time, to take his points so he could avoid losing his licence, Southwark crown court, in London, heard on Tuesday. |
| Huhne and Pryce were charged last year with perverting the course of justice over the offence and were due to stand trial together. But the former cabinet minister changed his plea on Monday, admitting the offence and resigning as an MP. | Huhne and Pryce were charged last year with perverting the course of justice over the offence and were due to stand trial together. But the former cabinet minister changed his plea on Monday, admitting the offence and resigning as an MP. |
| Pryce, 60, denies the charge, saying she was coerced into taking the points. She is standing trial alone. | |
| Opening the case, Andrew Edis QC, prosecuting, said the points-swap came to light in 2010 or 2011, when Pryce told several newspapers in an attempt to ruin Huhne's career. | Opening the case, Andrew Edis QC, prosecuting, said the points-swap came to light in 2010 or 2011, when Pryce told several newspapers in an attempt to ruin Huhne's career. |
| The court was told Pryce had agreed to take Huhne's points in 2003 and "played ball" so he would avoid being banned. | The court was told Pryce had agreed to take Huhne's points in 2003 and "played ball" so he would avoid being banned. |
| Edis told the jury of eight women and four men: "It became public because Ms Pryce told a newspaper, actually more than one. And she told the newspapers because by then, [November 2010], she had learned that Mr Huhne had been having an affair with somebody else and he, Mr Huhne, had told her, in a way which you may learn something about, that he did not want to be with Ms Pryce any more, it was over." | Edis told the jury of eight women and four men: "It became public because Ms Pryce told a newspaper, actually more than one. And she told the newspapers because by then, [November 2010], she had learned that Mr Huhne had been having an affair with somebody else and he, Mr Huhne, had told her, in a way which you may learn something about, that he did not want to be with Ms Pryce any more, it was over." |
| He said the demise of her marriage would have been "a cause of immense distress to any wife, or husband come to that – and there is no doubt at all that Ms Pryce was distressed – but there is also no doubt at all that she was not only distressed but extremely angry and she wanted some revenge. | He said the demise of her marriage would have been "a cause of immense distress to any wife, or husband come to that – and there is no doubt at all that Ms Pryce was distressed – but there is also no doubt at all that she was not only distressed but extremely angry and she wanted some revenge. |
| "And her revenge was, in the end, to pass the story about the 2003 crime to the newspapers so that it would be published and would destroy her husband's career." | "And her revenge was, in the end, to pass the story about the 2003 crime to the newspapers so that it would be published and would destroy her husband's career." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |