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A judge has told Reform UK’s former leader in Wales he “compromised the integrity” of the European Parliament and undermined trust in democratic institutions when he took bribes to make pro-Russian statements when he was a Ukip and Brexit Party MEP.Nathan Gill, 52, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019, when he was a Ukip and Brexit Party MEP.He later led Reform UK's campaign in the Welsh Parliament elections in 2021 but is no longer a member of the party.

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00:00The revelation of your actions has a broad and deleterious effect on public confidence and trust
00:07in democratic institutions of importance to many dozens of millions of people.
00:23Nathan Gill, please stand.
00:25Your misconduct has ramifications far beyond personal honour.
00:30Which is now irretrievably damaged.
00:32It erodes public confidence in democracy.
00:36When politicians succumb to financial inducement, the public can no longer rely on the veracity of political debate.
00:44The law will respond to such breaches with stern punishment, both to mark society's condemnation and to deter others from similar transgressions.
00:56The sentence on count two is five years imprisonment.
00:59The sentence on all other counts except count four is five years concurrent.
01:05The sentence on count four is five and a half years consecutive, making a total sentence of ten and a half years.
01:13Please go down, Mr Gill.
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