Ex-Reform leader in Wales jailed for £40K pro-Russian bribery

THE former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after he was paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament in a “grave betrayal” of the British public.

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Nathan 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, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Gill that allowing money to corrupt his “moral compass” amounted to “a grave betrayal of the trust vested in you by the electorate”.

She added: “Your misconduct has ramifications far beyond personal honour, which is now irretrievably damaged. It erodes public confidence in democracy itself.”