the shame for Huhne is that he has attempted to bluff his way through this, and when it finally becomes clear that he is going to be found guilty, he takes a guilt plea.
Memories of Aitkin's sickeningly sanctimonious guff about the 'sword of truth ...' having tried and failed to get his sixteen-year-old child to perjure herself for him.
i cannot feel the sympathy that the man-in-the-street would obtain, because like all his peers, Huhne presented a veneer of truth and respectability, which he hid behind when he was clearly a liar and a criminal waiting to be convicted.
Fortunately for him, the law is immune to the circumstances and imagined standing of defendants, and that is right and proper, but he will remain damaged goods asan 'ordinary person' when he does come out, and that will no doubt he the hardest aspect of all for him to bear.