Peterborough MP told her jail term stands

25 February 2019, 14:25

The MP Fiona Onasanya has been told her 3-month jail sentence will remain as it is despite calls it may have been too short.

The 35 year-old was expelled from the Labour party after being jailed last month (January 2019) for perverting the course of justice, over a speeding fine in Thorney in 2017.

The Attorney General's office has confirmed the sentencing was NOT too lenient - as the judge had not made a gross error - or imposed a lighter sentence than could be expected.

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The Attorney General’s Office say they've rejected Fiona Onasanya's appeal.

“After careful consideration the Solicitor General has concluded that he could not refer this case to the Court of Appeal.

A referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to the Court of Appeal can only be made if a sentence is not just lenient but unduly so, such that the sentencing judge made a gross error or imposed a sentence outside the range of sentences reasonably available in the circumstances of the offence.

The threshold is a high one, and the test was not met in this case.”