Ex-Labour MP Eric Joyce gets suspended jail sentence over child abuse image
by Simon Murphy Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#56NAF)
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.
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