Nathan Gill jailed for accepting pro-Russian bribes

[s1962a]

https://news.sky.com/story/former-welsh-reform-uk-...

10 years isn't enough for treason and corruption. We need to make an example of him that being pro russian at this time just isn't on.

[Triumph Man]

Is it treason that's still for some reason a hanging offence or is that high treason? I'm sure I read somewhere once that there is a specific offence that still carries the death penalty. (Not that I'm saying he should be killed, but more curiosity)

[GetCarter]

s1962a said:

https://news.sky.com/story/former-welsh-reform-uk-...

10 years isn't enough for treason and corruption. We need to make an example of him that being pro russian at this time just isn't on.

Quite. Send his boss down too. Nasty piece of work.

[alangla]

Triumph Man said:

Is it treason that's still for some reason a hanging offence or is that high treason? I'm sure I read somewhere once that there is a specific offence that still carries the death penalty. (Not that I'm saying he should be killed, but more curiosity)

Blair repealed that as far as I m aware.

Edit: found it. The Crime & Disorder Act 1998 removed the death penalty for Treason.

Edited by alangla on Friday 21st November 15:30

[Fastpedeller]

Triumph Man said:

Is it treason that's still for some reason a hanging offence or is that high treason? I'm sure I read somewhere once that there is a specific offence that still carries the death penalty. (Not that I'm saying he should be killed, but more curiosity)

It becomes high then low!

[MrBogSmith]

The death penalty for treason and piracy was abolished in 1998. Though realistically it probably wouldn't have been carried out since 1965.

I thought it was a decent prison sentence.

[Gecko1978]

10 years seems a good sentence to be honest. Perhaps we can apply it to other government workers who have done bad things....covered up grooming

[Peterpetrole]

Ex MEP for a few years and made 40 grand in bribes, maybe a little more.... what an idiot.

[s1962a]

Gecko1978 said:

10 years seems a good sentence to be honest. Perhaps we can apply it to other government workers who have done bad things....covered up grooming

Agree with this.

Reading some of the other threads about Russia, and how we cannot scrap trident because of the existential threat, Europe could possibly be at war in the future. Having a traitor in our midst colluding with the "enemy" deserves harsh punishment.

[BikeBikeBIke]

One of those stories where I thought the detail would make it seem less bad and then the detail made it seem way, way worse.

....and yeah, feels like treason to me even without hanging.

Astonishing.

[butchstewie]

I can't think of a similar case in recent times so I literally had no idea what the sentence would be.

When the judge said five years I thought "oof that's hefty".

Then she banged on another five and a half to run consecutively

[scenario8]

Can’t believe he knew at the time he was taking that sort of risk.

10 1/2 years for forty grand? At a time he would have been banking several multiples of that each and every year as an MEP.

What a nob.

[FredericRobinson]

Why wouldn't he take money from the Russian state? His leader did it happily enough for years.

[butchstewie]

He's set fire to his life for £40K?

Seriously

[Panamax]

Donald Trump helping the Russians for financial reward - no problem.

Nathan Gill helping the Russians for financial reward - go directly to jail, do not pass Go!, do not collect £40k.

[mike9009]

Peterpetrole said:

Ex MEP for a few years and made 40 grand in bribes, maybe a little more.... what an idiot.

Not very 'supporting the British people' is it, if he can take a bribe like that? Suspect self interests outweighed national interests, a bit like other of the same party.

Ten years seems fair.

[Yahonza]

Panamax said:

Donald Trump helping the Russians for financial reward - no problem.

Nathan Gill helping the Russians for financial reward - go directly to jail, do not pass Go!, do not collect £40k.

DT has some sort of diplomatic immunity that shields him from any harm.

[CountyLines]

Panamax said:

Donald Trump helping the Russians for financial reward - no problem.

Nathan Gill helping the Russians for financial reward - go directly to jail, do not pass Go!, do not collect £40k.

Beat me to it. Considering what's happening in America this is peanuts. Glad we've made an example of him.

[ChocolateFrog]

Reasonable sentence for once.

1 down, a few dozen (atleast) to go.

[fflump]

Lucky that Reform are purged of these Putin apologists these days.