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The Independent is reporting that Nigel Evans, a British MP recently cleared of sexual assault charges, has said he regretted previously supporting cuts to legal aid.
He said he was stunned to learn he would have to pay his legal fees even if he was acquitted plus value added tax.
Tough new rules on the amount of cash acquitted defendants could claim back were passed in 2011 as the Ministry of Justice sought to trim the legal aid budget.
Bill Waddington, the chairman of the Criminal Law Solicitors' Association, said: "It is interesting it takes something like this for MPs to realise that only two years ago they actually voted for this change against vociferous opposition from the legal community."
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British MP Regrets Supporting Legal Aid Cuts
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(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Thursday April 17 2014, @11:13AM
Even so the media has tried to spin it as a female MP encouraged those men to come forward and complain. They will always find some way to blame women for rape.
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