{"id":30449,"date":"2013-03-20T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/03\/20\/chris-huhne-jailed-former-cabinet-minister-is-popular-with-inmates_n_2913813.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics?ncid=GEP"},"modified":"2013-03-20T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T09:30:34","slug":"a-hero-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/a-hero-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A Hero In Prison’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne is reportedly proving a hit with his fellow inmates.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reported the ex-Energy Secretary, who is serving an eight-month sentence in Wandsworth prison<\/a> for perverting the course of justice, has become “a bit of a hero figure”<\/a>, and treated to luxuries like deodorant and Twix bars<\/p>\n

Huhne pleaded guilty to transferring his speeding points to ex-wife Vicky Pryce, who was also jailed for eight months.<\/p>\n

A fellow inmate, self-styled \u2018Lord\u2019 Eddie Davenport, told a visitor: “You\u2019d think he would be getting a bad time from all the men in here, some of whom are very serious gangsters.<\/p>\n

\u2018But you would be quite wrong. It\u2019s astonishing. Everybody feels rather sorry for him, plus he has also become a bit of a hero figure.<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s because there is a lot of macho posturing in here and everyone sticks together when it comes to a case, such as his, involving a woman who they think has behaved badly by getting revenge on a man.<\/p>\n

‘That\u2019s how they view what happened to him.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everybody wants to have their picture taken with him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Davenport, a convicted fraudster, added: “You could describe it as male bonding. Everyone has been nice to Chris, making cheery comments and giving him stuff.<\/p>\n

\u2018You are not allowed to bring much in with you so people have been sorting him out with deodorant, soap, aftershave, things like that.<\/p>\n

‘They have also been offering to get him little extras from the canteen that improve life a bit, like Twix bars.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Former Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne is reportedly proving a hit with his fellow inmates.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reported the ex-Energy Secretary, who is serving an eight-month sentence in Wandsworth prison<\/a> for perverting the course of justice, has become “a bit of a hero figure”<\/a>, and treated to luxuries like deodorant and Twix bars<\/p>\n

Huhne pleaded guilty to transferring his speeding points to ex-wife Vicky Pryce, who was also jailed for eight months.<\/p>\n

A fellow inmate, self-styled ‘Lord’ Eddie Davenport, told a visitor: “You’d think he would be getting a bad time from all the men in here, some of whom are very serious gangsters.<\/p>\n

‘But you would be quite wrong. It’s astonishing. Everybody feels rather sorry for him, plus he has also become a bit of a hero figure.<\/p>\n

‘That’s because there is a lot of macho posturing in here and everyone sticks together when it comes to a case, such as his, involving a woman who they think has behaved badly by getting revenge on a man.<\/p>\n

‘That’s how they view what happened to him.<\/p>\n

‘Everybody wants to have their picture taken with him.’<\/p>\n

Davenport, a convicted fraudster, added: “You could describe it as male bonding. Everyone has been nice to Chris, making cheery comments and giving him stuff.<\/p>\n

‘You are not allowed to bring much in with you so people have been sorting him out with deodorant, soap, aftershave, things like that.<\/p>\n

‘They have also been offering to get him little extras from the canteen that improve life a bit, like Twix bars.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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