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Latest news in Yorkshire: February 02, 2019 11:08:08 AM
Fiona Onasanya, Peterborough’s Labour MP was last year found guilty of
perverting the course of justice after a mammoth Old Bailey trial when
she stood accused of lying over who was driving a speeding car. The last
MP to be found guilty of a similar offence was Chris Huhne. He resigned
and a by election was called., She was recently been sentenced (27th
January 2019) to three months. She has become the first woman MP ever to
be jailed.
Upon her conviction last year, Onasanya compared herself to Jesus,
claiming she was “in good biblical company” with Joseph, Moses, and
Daniel as well, “who were each found guilty by the courts of their day.”
With such a deep sense of misconception in her biblical role in the 21st
century, one has no option but to offer credit where it is due and
consider that she is probably a legend in her own mind. We can only wait
and see if the steel door of her cell will be miraculously found open
one morning to find she has risen free and speedily returned to fulfil
her holy political pilgrimage.
The judge said that “If she wasn’t an MP or wasn’t in a position of
responsibility, she would go inside. It’s not one law for those in a
position of power, and another for those who are not.”
“By the time you met a police investigator, you knew that you were
providing information that you knew to be untrue. You deliberately
committed the offend of which you are convicted. That was a disastrous
decision. It is an aggravating feature that you both persisted with
dishonest course. It was a serious and flagrant offence.”
Onasanya’s defence argued that as a barrister and an MP, prison time
would be overly harsh, as “she will no longer be able to work in either
of her chosen professions.”
Her brother Festus, who had previously been sentenced to 54 months back
in 2011 for offensive robbery, and had a raft of drug offences is
expected to serve prison time for ten months. His guilty plea entitled
him to a reduction of 15%.
A by-election is now all but certain. The sentence leads to a Recall
Petition, triggering a by-election if 10% of Peterborough constituents
sign it. Onasanya won the heavily leave voting seat in 2017 with a
majority of just 607. The local Tory candidate Paul Bristow, is already
out campaigning.
Labour have called on Onasanya to “act honourably and resign.” A
spokesman said “she should do this without delay and not take another
penny in salary from the public purse.” They’ve also confirmed that they
will support efforts to out her through a recall petition if she refuses
to go.
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