Ex-Labour MP Eric Joyce gets suspended jail sentence over child abuse image

Former MP sentenced at Ipswich crown court to eight months in prison suspended for two years

The former Labour MP Eric Joyce has been handed a suspended sentence after admitting to making an indecent image of a child.

The 59-year-old ex-army major, who served as MP for Falkirk for more than a decade, was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for two years, and also ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.