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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements while a Member of the European Parliament.
Nathan Gill, 52, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday after previously pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery on dates between December 6 2018 and July 18 2019. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb handed him a 10 and a half year sentence, as she said the harm he caused was “profound” and that he “fundamentally compromised” the integrity of a legislative body for “substantial” financial gain.
Gill’s activities included making pro-Russian statements about events in Ukraine in the European Parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets. Gill was first elected as a Ukip member of the European Parliament in 2014 and his role ended when the UK left the EU in 2020 – at which point he was an MEP for the Brexit Party.
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