British MP, Fiona Onasanya, has been jailed for three months after a re-trial at the Old Bailey for lying to the police when she was issued with a speeding ticket.
The 35-year-old with Nigerian ancestry becomes the first sitting politician in nearly three decades to be jailed, BBC reports.
Onasanya was elected as Labour MP for Peterborough in June 2017, six weeks before committing the offence, in Thorney, Cambridgeshire.
She, however, denied being behind the wheel when her car was spotted being driven at 41mph in a 30mph zone in July 2017.
She has been kicked out of the Labour Party after her conviction.
The court heard evidence Onasanya was texting as well as speeding, during the summer recess.
Onasanya is the first sitting MP to be jailed since Terry Fields was sentenced to 60 days for failing to pay his £373 poll tax bill in 1991.
Her brother, Festus, was jailed for 10 months for his involvement, after pleading guilty to the same charge.
“You have not simply let yourself down, you have let down those who look to you for inspiration, your party, your profession and Parliament,” Justice Stuart-Smith told Onasanya.
She is now expected to resign her position.
