00:00The offending has understandably caused substantial public concern.
00:05I nevertheless consider that in each of your cases, sufficient deterrence can be achieved without immediate custody.
00:14I therefore conclude that exceptional circumstances do not apply.
00:19It follows that each custodial term will be suspended for 12 months.
00:26If in the next year you commit any offence, whether or not it is of the same type as the
00:31offences for which I am sentencing you today,
00:34you will be brought back before the court and it is likely that your suspended sentence will be activated either
00:40in full or in part.
00:43Also, for the next 12 months you will be subject to a probation requirement.
00:49That means that you must meet with the officers supervising this requirement as and when required
00:55and you must attend and cooperate fully with any activities that are arranged.
01:01If you fail to comply with this requirement, you will be in breach of this order.
01:06That would mean that you would be brought back to court and you will be liable to have the suspended
01:11custodial sentence activated.
01:13So that Crown Courts heard how the Conservative Party's former director of campaigning, Anthony Lee,
01:21and his parliamentary candidate wife, Laura, placed more than £2,000 worth of bets from the 10th of March to
01:30the 21st of May 2024,
01:34standing to win more than £23,000 had their cheating not been uncovered.
01:40Lee used inside information that July 4th was the working election date by passing it to his wife so they
01:47could profit.
01:48The court heard former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held a private Downing Street meeting on the 10th of March that
01:54year to discuss possible dates.
01:57Meanwhile, Amy Hynde, the wifer of former Conservative Deputy Digital Director Anthony Hynde,
02:04also placed bets based on information from either him or figures at the party's headquarters.
02:11A sentencing hearing for all free defendants was told on Friday.
02:17Anthony Lee, within the next 12 months, you must perform 100 hours unpaid work as instructed by the officer responsible
02:25for your case.
02:35And Amy Hynde, within the next 12 months, you must perform 50 hours of unpaid work as instructed by the
02:43officer responsible for your case.
02:44For the next 12 months, you will each be subject to a prohibited activity requirement,
02:52prohibiting you from accessing or using online gambling websites or applications.
