Recent events have proved, if proof was necessary, that people in the public eye or in positions of authority are every bit as likely to be corrupt as anyone else.
Constance Briscoe, a barrister and part-time judge, has been found guilty of lying to the police during their investigation into the Chris Huhne affair and sentenced to prison. Briscoe obviously believed that she was above the law but the law thought otherwise. Now, someone who's no doubt been responsible for sending others to gaol, is beginning her own 16 month sentence, and her career is over.
In a different case, the publicist, Max Clifford, has been found guilty of a variety of sexual crimes and sent down for 8 years. Clifford is another who has considered himself to be impervious and able to do whatever he wanted without any chance of recrimination. The string of allegations against him demonstrated that he is a man who used his position to exploit others with absolutely no restraint. Again, his career is now over and his reputation destroyed.
One wonders how many other public figures have similar skeletons in their cupboards.
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