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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after admitting making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament for cash.Nathan Gill, 52, of Anglesey, North Wales, will be sentenced on Friday at the Old Bailey after previously pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery on dates between December 6 2018 and July 18 2019.His activities were said to include making pro-Russian statements about events in Ukraine in the European Parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets, such as 112 Ukraine.
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00:00Do you like to apologise Mr Gill?
00:30Every single political party has a bad apple, in fact many families finish up with a bad apple.
00:37These things happen, it's not to downplay the severity of it, but it's historic.
00:43You can never ever guarantee a hundred percent that everyone you meet in your life,
00:48everyone you shake hands with in a pub is a good person, you can't do that.
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