In brief: Jail for solicitor who lied for boyfriend

Crown Prosecutor Penelope Schofield was jailed for three months at the Old Bailey on Friday for lying in order to protect her policeman boyfriend Nigel Phillips after he was caught drink driving. Schofield had been found guilty of committing an act "tending and intended to pervert the course of justice". Phillips was jailed for 16 months after admitting to the same offence as Schofield.