A former U.K. Cabinet minister has been sentenced to 8 months in jail over a convoluted attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his wife in 2003, AP reported.

Chris Huhne, 60, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice last month after months of denials. He resigned as a U.K. lawmaker the same day he pleaded guilty.

His ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, was convicted of the same charge last week.

Pryce — who had claimed Huhne coerced her into take the penalty for the speeding violation — and her ex-husband were both sentenced Monday, March 10 at London's Southwark Crown Court. She also received an eight- month jail sentence.

The couple split in 2010 after Huhne's affair with his public relations adviser was revealed. The conviction has shattered Huhne's political career.