On Monday Huhne and Vicky Pryce, to whom he was married for 26 years, will spend a final afternoon together in the dock at Southwark Crown Court for sentencing. Both are likely to be sent to jail. Huhne will take the opportunity to try to get in the last word. In mitigation, if all goes according to plan, he will accuse Pryce of lying over her claims – made during her trial – that he forced her to have one abortion and tried to make her have another.

Chris Huhne brands Vicky Pryce a liar over abortion claims – Telegraph