Chris Huhne to stand trial over speeding points on Monday Mr Huhne, 58, resigned as Energy Secretary last year after the Crown Prosecution Service announced that he had been charged over an allegation that he persuaded his former wife, Vicky Pryce, to take his penalty points for a speeding offence almost a decade ago. Following an eight-month police investigation, Mr Huhne and Miss Pryce, a prominent economist, were charged in February last year with perverting the course of justice, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Mr Huhne, 58, of Eastleigh, Hampshire, has stayed on as the Lib-Dem MP for Eastleigh after standing down from the Cabinet to fight the charge. He and his ex-wife are accused of falsely informing the police between March 12 2003 and May 21 2003 that Miss Pryce was the driver of the car, thereby accepting responsibility for the offence so Mr Huhne could avoid prosecution. Miss Pryce, 60, of Clapham, south London, also denies the charge and will stand trial alongside her former husband next week.