REFORM'S ex-leader in Wales has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in jail for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament for cash.

Nathan Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales in 2021, admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Vladimir Putin’s Russia while he was a Member of the European Parliament.

His activities were said to include making pro-Russian statements about events in Ukraine in the European Parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets.

Gill, 52, of Anglesey, North Wales, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery on dates between December 6 2018 and July 18 2019.

Sentencing him on Friday, Justice Cheema-Grubb said the harm he caused was “profound” and that he “fundamentally compromised” the integrity of a legislative body for “substantial” fi

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