The Transport Secretary has admitted pleading guilty to an offence related to a false report she made to police ten years ago.
Louise Haigh reported to police officers that her mobile phone had been stolen while she was a parliamentary candidate, months before the 2015 general election.
Ms Haigh reported that “she was mugged on a night out” the year before. But she then discovered, “some time later”, that “the mobile in question had not been taken,” Sky News reports.
“The police referred the matter to the CPS and I appeared before Southwark magistrates,” she added.
“Under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty – despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain. The magistrates accepted all of these arguments and gave me the lowest possible outcome (a discharge) available.”
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