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| Vicky Pryce tried to make Chris Huhne confess in taped calls, court hears | Vicky Pryce tried to make Chris Huhne confess in taped calls, court hears |
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| Vicky Pryce attempted to get her former husband Chris Huhne to admit he asked her to take his speeding points in four telephone conversations she secretly taped with the help of the Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, a jury has heard. | |
| The economist repeatedly asked Huhne to confirm she received the points, but he repeatedly denies it, and advises her not to talk to journalists. | The economist repeatedly asked Huhne to confirm she received the points, but he repeatedly denies it, and advises her not to talk to journalists. |
| As the tapes were played in court, Pryce could be heard, angry and swearing at times, and making unflattering remarks about Carina Trimingham, whom Huhne had left her for. In the first call, Pryce tells him there are people who want to know about "making me take the points". Huhne suggests she should "stop telling ridiculous stories to the press". He ends the conversation with: "I don't want to go on with this, it's ridiculous, it's nonsense." | As the tapes were played in court, Pryce could be heard, angry and swearing at times, and making unflattering remarks about Carina Trimingham, whom Huhne had left her for. In the first call, Pryce tells him there are people who want to know about "making me take the points". Huhne suggests she should "stop telling ridiculous stories to the press". He ends the conversation with: "I don't want to go on with this, it's ridiculous, it's nonsense." |
| In the second, Pryce says she has been "doorstepped" by journalists. Huhne asks why she thinks it is anything to do with him that "people have this information". | In the second, Pryce says she has been "doorstepped" by journalists. Huhne asks why she thinks it is anything to do with him that "people have this information". |
| Pryce, her voice rising, says: "Why would I tell anyone about me taking your points? It's not in my interests. Are you a moron?" | Pryce, her voice rising, says: "Why would I tell anyone about me taking your points? It's not in my interests. Are you a moron?" |
| Huhne tells her: "If you tell nonsense to the papers, beware the consequences." He goes on to say there have been stories printed about him "breaking up with Carina", which are untrue. "I am so pleased you're still with your man. I don't give a shit about that," retorts Pryce. | Huhne tells her: "If you tell nonsense to the papers, beware the consequences." He goes on to say there have been stories printed about him "breaking up with Carina", which are untrue. "I am so pleased you're still with your man. I don't give a shit about that," retorts Pryce. |
| At one point Huhne exclaims: "For heaven's sake, I absolutely deny you took my points." But Pryce says: "Do you not remember that the entire family know that I took your points?" | |
| He accuses her of "maliciously briefing the press". | He accuses her of "maliciously briefing the press". |
| Huhne says: "You are behaving in an entirely unbalanced way." | Huhne says: "You are behaving in an entirely unbalanced way." |
| Pryce says: "Unbalanced way? Unbalanced way?" | Pryce says: "Unbalanced way? Unbalanced way?" |
| She continues: "They [journalists] are pressuring all the fucking time. I can't even get through the front door, whether it's to do with your fucking man, or to do with your fucking points," she says, in an apparent reference to Trimingham. | She continues: "They [journalists] are pressuring all the fucking time. I can't even get through the front door, whether it's to do with your fucking man, or to do with your fucking points," she says, in an apparent reference to Trimingham. |
| In Pryce's third call Huhne remarks that he is "not going to be commenting on stories on the phone". Pryce asks if he was "one of the 94 hacked". | In Pryce's third call Huhne remarks that he is "not going to be commenting on stories on the phone". Pryce asks if he was "one of the 94 hacked". |
| She tells him Oakeshott has rung her for a comment and Huhne tells her not to return the call as "they have no story" unless she gives them one. "If you tell people false stories, if you rub the Aladdin's lamp and let the genie out of the bottle …" he says. | She tells him Oakeshott has rung her for a comment and Huhne tells her not to return the call as "they have no story" unless she gives them one. "If you tell people false stories, if you rub the Aladdin's lamp and let the genie out of the bottle …" he says. |
| "It's very simple," adds Huhne. "If you don't want to appear in the newspapers, don't talk to journalists." | "It's very simple," adds Huhne. "If you don't want to appear in the newspapers, don't talk to journalists." |
| Pryce says: "This story is true, and somebody knows and somebody is telling people." Huhne replies: "That's absolutely cobblers." | Pryce says: "This story is true, and somebody knows and somebody is telling people." Huhne replies: "That's absolutely cobblers." |
| In the final call Pryce tells Huhne that the Sunday Times has "not killed" the speeding story, and she has a message to ring Oakeshott. | In the final call Pryce tells Huhne that the Sunday Times has "not killed" the speeding story, and she has a message to ring Oakeshott. |
| In the call, which lasts 10 minutes and 16 seconds, Huhne tells her: "There is no way that there is any evidence of this story unless you give some legs to it by saying something, OK? | In the call, which lasts 10 minutes and 16 seconds, Huhne tells her: "There is no way that there is any evidence of this story unless you give some legs to it by saying something, OK? |
| Pryce says: "All right, I will do my best." | Pryce says: "All right, I will do my best." |
| She continues: "I just cannot lie. I have to be very careful because the last thing I want is for it to come out and I've actually perjured myself, or whatever the fuck it is that you do." | She continues: "I just cannot lie. I have to be very careful because the last thing I want is for it to come out and I've actually perjured myself, or whatever the fuck it is that you do." |
| Huhne says: "You're not, there's no question of that. Look, there is no question of that, OK?" | Huhne says: "You're not, there's no question of that. Look, there is no question of that, OK?" |
| Pryce: (inaudible) | Pryce: (inaudible) |
| Huhne: "The last thing you want is to have some half-baked story running in the Sunday Times, saying, er, alleging that you've taken points for me and then you find that you are being rung up by the DVLC, and getting a policeman asking whether you've actually … broken the law." | Huhne: "The last thing you want is to have some half-baked story running in the Sunday Times, saying, er, alleging that you've taken points for me and then you find that you are being rung up by the DVLC, and getting a policeman asking whether you've actually … broken the law." |
| Pryce: "But I know that Chris … it's one of the things that always worried me when I took them, you made me take them, in the first instance." | Pryce: "But I know that Chris … it's one of the things that always worried me when I took them, you made me take them, in the first instance." |
| Huhne: "Well, look, I honestly, I really don't think its sensible to have these sorts of conversations on the phone." | Huhne: "Well, look, I honestly, I really don't think its sensible to have these sorts of conversations on the phone." |
| Pryce: "Yeah, OK, I agree with you." | Pryce: "Yeah, OK, I agree with you." |
| Huhne: "Er, and … I'm very happy to meet you for, if you want to …" | Huhne: "Er, and … I'm very happy to meet you for, if you want to …" |
| Pryce denies perverting the course of justice. The case continues at Southwark crown court. | Pryce denies perverting the course of justice. The case continues at Southwark crown court. |