Three people who were charged in the betting scandal around the 2024 UK general election were sentenced on Friday.
Husband and wife Anthony and Laura Lee, who previously pled guilty to placing bets on when the then prime minister would call the general election using insider information, were handed suspended custodial sentences of 10 months and two weeks, and 4 months and two weeks respectively.
They also need to complete 100 hours and 40 hours respectively of unpaid work in the next 12 months, and have to pay £1,000 each for prosecution costs. Lee was the Conservative Party’s director of campaigning, while Laura Lee was the Head of International for the Conservative Party and a Conservative candidate at the election
Amy Hind had previously worked for the Conservative Party.
