Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty
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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to an offence connected with misleading the police while a parliamentary candidate in 2014, Sky News can reveal.
Sky News understands Ms Haigh appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court six months before the 2015 general election, after making a false report to officers that her mobile phone had been stolen.
It's understood her conviction is now classified as 'spent'.
However, three separate sources claimed she made the false report to benefit personally, with two of the sources alleging she wanted a more modern work handset that was being rolled out to her colleagues at the time.
https://news.sky.com/story/transport-secretary-lou...
Sky News understands Ms Haigh appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court six months before the 2015 general election, after making a false report to officers that her mobile phone had been stolen.
It's understood her conviction is now classified as 'spent'.
However, three separate sources claimed she made the false report to benefit personally, with two of the sources alleging she wanted a more modern work handset that was being rolled out to her colleagues at the time.
https://news.sky.com/story/transport-secretary-lou...
I think she should be allowed to keep her job.
The solicitor who advised her should however be named, shamed and barred from ever soliciting again.
Clearly this is the fault of the solicitor
Louise should be applauded for having the bravery and decency to admit this after having been caught out.
I knew she was a different kind of woman once I saw her hair colour.
The solicitor who advised her should however be named, shamed and barred from ever soliciting again.
Clearly this is the fault of the solicitor
Louise should be applauded for having the bravery and decency to admit this after having been caught out.
I knew she was a different kind of woman once I saw her hair colour.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: Toast hopefully.
Be interesting to see if Starmer has the appetite to do so.
Unlikely. He’s sat on a 150 seat majority.Be interesting to see if Starmer has the appetite to do so.
He hasn’t, and won’t, show any inclination to do the ‘right thing’.
I’m sure we will get used to this over the next 5 years.
Once Labour start getting hammered at locals the mood music may change but we just get to sit back and relax as the gov just ignores everything.
Yeah, she’s toast.
“My solicitor advised me not to comment during that interview and I regret following that advice.. I appeared before Southwark magistrates.. Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty - despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain.”
“My solicitor advised me not to comment during that interview and I regret following that advice.. I appeared before Southwark magistrates.. Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty - despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain.”
essayer said:
Yeah, she’s toast.
“My solicitor advised me not to comment during that interview and I regret following that advice.. I appeared before Southwark magistrates.. Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty - despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain.”
My solicitor advised me not to comment during that interview and I regret following that advice.. I appeared before Southwark magistrates.. Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty - despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain, despite my best effort to do so.“My solicitor advised me not to comment during that interview and I regret following that advice.. I appeared before Southwark magistrates.. Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty - despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain.”
“Some time later I discovered that the mobile in question had not been taken. In the interim I had been issued with another work phone.”
“The original work device being switched on triggered police attention and I was asked to come in for questioning.“
Is it normal for police to have a sufficient level of interest in a reportedly nicked mobile phone to be monitoring whether it’s switched on? Crime reference number and move on, surely. Or might the employer have noticed it come back to life and made their own report to the police, I wonder? All a bit cryptic.
I think she’ll ride it out, SKS will do damage limitation, “honest mistake” etc.
“The original work device being switched on triggered police attention and I was asked to come in for questioning.“
Is it normal for police to have a sufficient level of interest in a reportedly nicked mobile phone to be monitoring whether it’s switched on? Crime reference number and move on, surely. Or might the employer have noticed it come back to life and made their own report to the police, I wonder? All a bit cryptic.
I think she’ll ride it out, SKS will do damage limitation, “honest mistake” etc.
Edited by Southerner on Friday 29th November 04:00
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