Chris Huhne and ex-wife ordered into dock

It is alleged that he asked her to take speeding points on his behalf. The two defendants initially sat in the main body of the court but were ordered by the judge to stand in the dock, behind a fortified glass screen. They spoke only to confirm their names and addresses before the case was listed for trial at Southwark Crown Court on March 2. Neither Miss Pryce nor Mr Huhne made eye contact during the hearing at Westminster Magistrate's Court. They arrived separately and sat at opposite ends of the row of seats. Before the hearing began, Senior District Judge Howard Riddle told Mark Haslam, for Mr Huhne: "You know that the rule in this court is that defendants, whoever they are and by whatever process they came into the court, they are in the dock." From: The telegraph