MP accused of making lodger scapegoat in speeding case

Fiona Onasanya claimed her car was being driven by man who was in Russia at the time, Old Bailey hears

A Labour MP plotted with her brother to lie to police in order to evade a speeding prosecution, a court heard today.

Fiona Onasanya allegedly told Cambridgeshire Police that her Russian former lodger, a man called Aleks Antipow, was behind the wheel when it was clocked speeding. But he was in Russia at the time of the incident, the Old Bailey was told.

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