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LABOUR MP Fiona Onasanya will stand trial in November for allegedly lying about who was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle.
Peterborough MP Ms Onasanya appeared at the Old Bailey today charged with one count of perverting the course of justice.
She spoke only to confirm her identity and plead not guilty.
Ms Onasanya and her brother Festus Onasanya are alleged to have misinformed Cambridge police about who was responsible for driving a speeding vehicle on July 24 last year.
They claimed a man called Aleks Antipow was behind the wheel. It is alleged that by naming him they enabled themselves to avoid prosecution.
Ms Onasanya’s brother, from Chesterton, Cambridge, faces two further charges of perverting the course of justice. He is alleged to have blamed someone else for two further speeding incidents on June 17 and August 23 last year.
The siblings will next appear at the Old Bailey on October 26 for a hearing prior to their trial, which is provisionally listed for November 12.
