Hearing into costs of Huhne cases delayed

The disgraced ex-MP and his former wife are each serving eight months in prison for perverting the course of justice when she took three speeding points for him a decade ago.

About £117,500 was spent by prosecutors pursuing the former couple, Attorney General Dominic Grieve has said.

Huhne faces a hefty legal bill from the case – at his sentencing hearing, the court heard the Crown Prosecution Service is pursuing £79,015 for the cost of his prosecution, plus an extra £31,000 incurred by his efforts to get the case thrown out.

The cost of prosecuting Pryce, who was convicted after a retrial when her defence of marital coercion failed, is said to have been £38,544.