Former Reform UK leader imprisoned for taking bribes from Russia politicians

Former UK Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill was jailed on Friday after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from the Kremlin.

The Central Criminal Court sentenced Gill to 10 years and six months imprisonment under Section 2 of the Bribery Act 2010. Gill pleaded guilty to those eight counts in September after entering non-guilty pleas in his preliminary hearing on March 14.

Gill served as a member of the European Parliament representing Wales from July 1, 2014, up to the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on January 31, 2020. During the course of his membership, it was found that Gill accepted bribes between December 2018 and July 2019 in exchange for including pro-Russian rhetoric in his statements to parliament, thereby committing misconduct in the execution of his duties.

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