The former leader of the Reform UK party in Wales has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament.

London’s Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, sentenced Nathan Gill, 52, to 10 years and six months in prison on Friday.

A former Member of the European Parliament and ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales, Gill pleaded guilty in September to accepting thousands of euros from a pro-Russian politician in Ukraine between 2018 and 2019, and making scripted statements and television appearances at his behest.

“You abused a position of significant authority and trust,” Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said as the sentence was handed down, adding that Gill’s conduct “fundamentally compromised the integrity o

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