Huhne And Pryce Out After Two Months

[ludwig]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2323602/Chris-Huhne-released-prison-day-Vicky-Pryce-walks-free-serving-QUARTER-sentence.html

Personally I thought these sentences were harsh in the first place, but if you're given an 8 month sentence wouldn't it make sense to serve more than a quarter of it?

[anotheoldgit]

Note the headline,

/// Vicky Pryce says she will enjoy a cup of coffee after her early release from prison as her disgraced MP ex-husband walks free just 62 days into his eight-month jail term ///

Wasn't she also 'disgraced'

[jno]

the bigger they are, the more disgraceful the fall; Pryce wasn't anyone but Huhne was in the cabinet.

"Walks free" is Mailese for not being in durance vile; being electronically tagged isn't quite what I'd call free.

[FredPuli43]

Even our open prisons must be full ! Makes no sense to have anyone serve only about a quarter of the term of imprisonment actually inside and then have them tagged and curfewed for another period. It's either a jail term or it isn't.

[bazwillrun]

and they have both said they intend to write books about their time in jail

....so, looks like crime probably will pay

[Zeuhl]

/Wasn't she also 'disgraced' /

aog: I think if you read it properly you'll find that Vicky Pryce wasn't an MP -

'disgraced' or otherwise

[ummmm]

Curfew is a nightmare for the rest of the household.

[baza]

if they do write books about their time in prison it will only be a short story.

[ludwig]

// ...they intend to write books about their time in jail //

Short ones presumably.

[ludwig]

You beat me to it baz.

[douglas9401]

A couple of chattering roasters, best ignored till they go away.

[anotheoldgit]

bazwillrun

/// and they have both said they intend to write books about their time in jail ///

More of a short story I would have thought.

[anotheoldgit]

Wow sorry for the repeat joke, amazing how quick things move on.

[bazwillrun]

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2013/05/13/comment-the-future-is-bright-for-mps-leaving-prison

sums it up really

[Zeuhl]

Will Huhne's book be called; 'Paying the Pryce'

[LazyGun]

@Zeuhl - Very droll! :)

[ChillDoubt]

Strange to hear Pryce's solicitor in the statement refer to those inside with her as 'residents'.

They were known as inmates when I went to school, residents live in a nursing home!

[venator]

A pretty sleazy couple - they should be made to remarry - serve them right!

[FredPuli43]

A book about their experience of a few weeks need not be short.

James Joyce's Ulysses describes one man's experiences on just one day. And the Huhne-Pryce efforts will be unreadable too. I wonder whether they'll get Jeffery Archer to ghost write for them.

[mikey4444]

Anyone else notice that this couple are white ?
Well, that buggers up the national crime figures doesn't it !

[jno]

especially if they now join London knife gangs, mikey