Ex-politician given suspended sentence in UK for making indecent image of a child

Eric Joyce was Labour MP for Falkirk in Scotland between 2000 and 2012.

Eric Joyce also spent 21 years in the British Army.

Former British politician Eric Joyce has been sentenced to eight months in prison in the UK, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work for making an indecent image of a child.

The 59-year-old, who was Labour MP for Falkirk in Scotland between 2000 and 2012, had on a device a 51-second film depicting what appeared to be seven different children, aged between 12 months old and seven years old.