Ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill jailed over pro-Russian bribes

He was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday.

In September, Gill, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019. The former Reform Wales leader admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while a Member of the European Parliament for UKIP and later the Brexit Party, when both were led by Nigel Farage.

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On Friday, the 52-year-old was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars by Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb at the Old Bailey.

Delivering the sentence, the judge said Gill abused a position of significant authority and trust" and had carried out "sophisticated offending."

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