to feel sorry for Vengeful Vicky? The Price was too high...

[Corygal]

Honestly. Huhne actually did the crime. She was just trying to out the brute. Fine reward for being a grass, the police are always saying they protect you if you do - yep.

Deeply misogynist, to boot. A sharp slap to the uppity wife who had the cheek to ask to be treated like a human being - now she's called a harridan, a witch, and, of course, overemotional 'blinded by rage and grief' acc the judge.

I think she got what she deserved she agreed with him to pervert the court of justice than brought it up years later out of spite. But it is a crime but on an emotional level what did it for me was bringing up the fact huhne wanted to abort their son ,there must be thousands of families who have had an abortion discussion when faced with an unexpected pregnancy but if they deceide to continue with their pregnancy, that does not mean the unexpected pregnancy does not go on to become a much loved child by both parents and I,M sure chris huhne loves his son

If Vicki Pryce was this calculating, manipulative vixen, as some on her would have it, the surely she would have realised that by admitting to taking the points she would implicate herself. I would guess she coughed in a fit of spite and regretted it later. As I said, noone comes out of this well, least of all Ms Oakshott, who colluded in a hamfisted attempt to fit Huhne up. Oakshott is walking away from this one - the other two are now in prison.

Apparently she was a leading economist- advisor to the government and could have ended up in the House of Lords. Since Huhne lost out on the LibDem leadership, surely career progression would have hit him much much harder without harming herself?
And I agree with x2boys- I would NEVER ever have said that about the circumstances of the son's conception. Those sort of things should go to the grave. My father told me something similar and I have never forgotten it, or totally forgiven him for telling me.

surely she would have realised that by admitting to taking the points she would implicate herself.

She did realise that. That's why she tried dob someone else in and then insisted on anonymity when the Sunday Times ran its story.

Oakeshott walked away because she didn't commit a criminal offence.

limitedperiod,
Oakshott certainly played her part in this rather sordid affair. From what I understand, Pryce was in a state of emotional distress at the time of her marriage break up and not acting rationally. Add an opportunistic journalist to the mix and we end up where we are now - perhaps they are rightly in prison but to me they hardly pose a threat to society. What is so tragic about this story is the effect on the rest of the Huhne family and the dirty washing that has been aired in public. None of that would have been possible without Ms Oakshott fanning the flames of resentment.

Of course Vicky Pryce was calculating and manipulative, she sought out the journalist not vice versa.

Ms Oakeshott was doing her job as a journalist and as stated she didn't commit a criminal offence and she also advised Pryce of the risks.

Of course Oakeshott played her part. She did her job.

I don't think Pryce acted rationally either. It was a crazy decision. But it was her decision.

Actually, maybe it wasn't such a crazy decision. She wanted Huhne to lose his political career and be punished by the courts and that's what happened.

Pryce got what she wanted in bringing down her husband, whether it was a crazy decision or not is a different matter, I think she was cold and calculated - I think she was perfectly rational in the decision.

She simply thought she would be exempt and to plead not guilty was a very stupid ill advised decision.

Aren't all journalists opportunistic ? Surely that's how they make the their living.

Pryce also tried to stitch up Oakeshott by talking to the Mail on Sunday at the same time.

I completely agree happy.

I was just trying to look on the bright side for her

She could have walked into a police station and reported what she had done, and the matter could have been dealt with quietly.

But she chose the big publicity route.

Unfortunately, as the case is so much in the public eye the pair of them need to be made an example of. If she was not sentenced then people who are trying to persuade others to take their points for them would say "C'mon, if we get found out, nothing will happen to YOU, it'll only be me who goes to jail, look at Huhne and Pryce."

If she had got a lower sentence than him then people who are trying to persuade others to take their points for them would say: "C'mon, if we get found out, it'll be ME who gets the higher sentence, look at Huhne and Pryce."

In the paper this morning it said that lots of people had contacted the AA saying that they had got other people to take their points for them and are now worried because "they hadn't realised that this was a crime they could get a custodial sentence for." Oh REALLY???? My heart bleeds.

With any luck, these two nasty little people will do their time and then disappear from public view for ever.

But I doubt it somehow.

I've no sympathy for either of them, just the tax payers who are paying for their court case and prison stay.
If she'd been someone of low IQ and low self confidence I may have had more sympathy for her but although I think she should have got less time inside than him because he was the one speeding who denied it initially she was the one who brought this story into the public domain by seeking out journalists.
I feel sorry for the kids.

I agree that prison isn't the place for either of them, but then I only believe prison should be for violent crimes against others (emotional included).

I do think they both deserved punishment. She was utterly utterly stupid. If you're going to out someone's crime, then it's not rocket science to make damn sure you weren't involved, and if you were, you STFU.

I feel for their children. How must they feel having such stupid, selfish parents? Though if I'm to compare Vicky with Chris, I have more sympathy for Vicky purely by the fact that she was bloody angry and hurt.

I have sympathy with her because she supported him to the hilt when he was fighting for his seat, using his 'family man' credentials to win voters over. She then gave up a very prestigious role as a Govt advisor (which she was apparently very good at), so that it didn't lead to a conflict of interest with his new role in Govt.
He then tells her that it's all a lie, and he's off to live with their friend, who he's been having an affair with for ages.
I feel she probably spilt the beans in all the turmoil, and has possibly regretted it since.

Yes Rebecca, couldn't agree more - cost of it all must be ridiculous, the reason she didn't get less time inside is because she pleaded guilty. As I said earlier, I think in legal terms he should have got less as he actually pleaded guilty.

Pendeen, totally agree hopefully they will just vanish, however, I have an awful sinking feeling she'll be busy penning a book whilst in jail.

Grovel, as you say, she tried to sell story elsewhere too.

Limited, lots of agreement going on here!

sorry should read pleaded NOT guilty..

I think anyone who has previously taken points for someone else must be feeling incredibly uncomfortable now. And hopefully it will put everyone off contemplating doing this for someone else.

I don't think either of them deserved prison sentences, but they definitely deserved severe punishment. There is so much they could contribute to their communities if their sentences were community sentences.

I have some sympathy for her, BUT -

I do think it was necessary for them both to be jailed. Not as a punishment (God knows their fall from grace is a massive punishment on its own) but as a deterrence for others. Perverting the course of justice can NEVER be seen as a viable option because the punishment would be light, if caught.

I wonder how many people up and down the country will now feel able to tell their spouses 'no' under similar pressure? Who wouldn't have felt able to if Vicky Price had not been jailed?

Boney The other crime was perverting the course of justice
The points thing IS the perversion. There was one crime.
Wanting revenge may not be a crime but acting out that revenge often is.
There was no crime in her vengeance. The crime was taking the points.

I think Oakeshott's come out of it badly. Yes she's a journalist etc but she wrote a large piece of arse-covering in The Sunday Times in which she seemed to be trying to imply that she had been warning Pryce of the personal risks of telling her story when it seems this was bluntly pointed out much later on at the insistence of the paper's lawyers.
All the while trying to ensure we understood how much she, Oakeshott, had been concerned for VP (she looked so thin etc). She even suggests the whole exercise was an agonising long haul for her as VP was so unhinged. And all while O was on maternity leave, the poor pet.

I'm not sure why but I really dislike her exploitation of someone who looks like they're having a nervous breakdown yet posturing as a supportive friend. Ugh.

Perjury is considered very serious and jail was probably unavoidable so I've no issue with the sentences themselves.

Sorry, perverting the course of justice.
Just stumbled off my soap box there!