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| Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne released from prison | Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne released from prison |
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| Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has said she is "very pleased to be home" after leaving prison in Kent. | Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has said she is "very pleased to be home" after leaving prison in Kent. |
| Pryce, who was convicted with Huhne of perverting the course of justice after she took speeding points for him, has served two months of an eight-month sentence. | Pryce, who was convicted with Huhne of perverting the course of justice after she took speeding points for him, has served two months of an eight-month sentence. |
| Speaking via her lawyer, Pryce, 60, said she was looking forward to returning to work as an economist. | |
| Huhne left prison earlier. | Huhne left prison earlier. |
| Electronic tags | Electronic tags |
| Pryce left East Sutton Park prison near Maidstone, Kent, via a back exit early on Monday with her lawyer Robert Brown. | |
| After returning to her home in Clapham, south-west London, Mr Brown read a statement to reporters on behalf of the mother-of-five. | |
| "Vicky Pryce is very pleased to be home and back with her family," he said. | |
| "She is grateful for all the support she has received from everyone whilst in prison, including her fellow residents and prison staff. | "She is grateful for all the support she has received from everyone whilst in prison, including her fellow residents and prison staff. |
| "She now intends to spend time with her family and looks forward to returning to her career as an economist." | "She now intends to spend time with her family and looks forward to returning to her career as an economist." |
| Pryce has ideas to write about the economics of the criminal justice system, combining her economic expertise with her experience behind bars, according to Mr Brown. | |
| Huhne, 58, was also released on Monday, leaving Leyhill Prison in Gloucestershire by the main entrance, having served eight weeks of his sentence. | |
| He is due to return to the home he shares with PR adviser Carina Trimingham in London. | |
| The former energy secretary left Pryce in 2010 as his affair with Ms Trimingham was about to be exposed, ending his 26-year marriage to Pryce. | |
| The courts heard Pryce had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 to seek revenge. | |
| The pair will now have to wear electronic tags to monitor their movements, under the terms of the Home Detention Curfew scheme. | |
| Plea change | |
| They are still to hear how much they will have to pay in legal costs. | They are still to hear how much they will have to pay in legal costs. |
| A costs hearing last month was told the Crown Prosecution Service is seeking more than £100,000 from Huhne. | A costs hearing last month was told the Crown Prosecution Service is seeking more than £100,000 from Huhne. |
| However, the former Liberal Democrat politician's legal team had offered just £25,000. The CPS is seeking a total of £48,695.56 from Pryce, the court heard. | However, the former Liberal Democrat politician's legal team had offered just £25,000. The CPS is seeking a total of £48,695.56 from Pryce, the court heard. |
| The speeding incident took place in March 2003 when Huhne's BMW car was caught by a speed camera on the M11 between Stansted Airport, in Essex, and London. | |
| He was an MEP at the time and in danger of losing his licence having already accrued nine penalty points. | |
| Huhne changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial in February after failing to have the case dismissed. He resigned as an MP on the same day. | Huhne changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial in February after failing to have the case dismissed. He resigned as an MP on the same day. |
| Pryce was found guilty in March after a retrial. The first jury failed to reach a decision. | Pryce was found guilty in March after a retrial. The first jury failed to reach a decision. |
| During both trials, Pryce accepted she had taken Huhne's points, but adopted a defence of marital coercion, claiming he had made her sign a form he had already completed in her name. | During both trials, Pryce accepted she had taken Huhne's points, but adopted a defence of marital coercion, claiming he had made her sign a form he had already completed in her name. |