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Boris Johnson could be prosecuted for misconduct in public office over lies Britain gives £350m to the EU per week.

A district judge has reserved judgement over whether the private prosecution against the former foreign secretary would go ahead.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-05-23 15:22
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BREAKING: Boris Johnson could be prosecuted for misconduct in public office over his claims Britain gives £350m to the EU per week.

A district judge today reserved judgement over whether the private prosecution against the former foreign secretary would go ahead.

Brexiteers used the slogan ‘We send the EU £350 million a week – let’s fund our NHS instead” in the run-up to the 2016 referendum.

Johnson was rapped by a national statistics watchdog over the claim and appeared in hustings with the slogan in the background.

Today District Judge Margot Coleman reserved judgement over whether the former foreign secretary could be prosecuted under the public misconduct charge.

She told a packed hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court: “I will send a copy of my written ruling to the press office. I will give you my decision on Wednesday the 29th.”

Lewis Powett QC, representing Marcus Ball, the creator of the “Brexit Justice” campaign to prosecute Johnson over his “abuse of public trust”, said: “These are systematic and repeated lies.”

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But Johnson’s lawyer Adrian Darbieshire QC argued the £350m was “arbitrary” as the Conservative politician, who is hoping to become the next PM, was not exercising state power when the claims were made.

He said: “Standing on the hustings in a contested political debate once or ten times making a campaign message is not an exercise of the functions of government.

“It doesn’t fall within the scope of this offence.

“It was explicit in the early days of this process that if politicians could be prosecuted then it could assist in putting a halt to Brexit.”

He referred to Mr Ball listing Johnson as one of six “targets” and added: “It’s a political motivation whichever way you look at it. Today is just a culmination of that process with that motive running throughout.”

He added: “What we suggest is that behaving without integrity, if proven, simply because you are not entitled to do it doesn’t mean that it brings with it the consequence of criminal prosecution.

“There’s as we say the middle ground.

“The world doesn’t just decided into black and white. The criminal offence is narrowly confined to serious abuse of state power.”

By Ben Gelblum and Berny Torre

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