Damning interviews show moment Nathan Gill did what he was bribed by pro-Russian contact to do

The former Reform UK and UKIP leader in Wales was jailed after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament and on Ukrainian media. Court correspondent Philip Dewey reports

- Philip Dewey

Disgraced politician Nathan Gill made pro-Russian statements on Ukrainian television in damning interviews in which he criticised Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

He had been bribed to make the statements in exchange for money and has now been jailed for 10 years and six months.

The former leader of Reform UK and UKIP in Wales pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery after he received payment in return for making statements in favour of pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine.

Gill was stopped by police at Manchester Airport on September 13, 2021, under schedule three of the Counter Terrorism and Borders Security Act 2019. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter. His phone was seized and searched, and his home in Llangefni, Anglesey was searched, resulting in further electronic items being seized.

Messages from Gill's devices were compiled by a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation team and matched up with material where Gill had made corresponding statements, some of which appeared in Ukranian media.