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Ex-Brexit Party MEP named in Nathan Gill messages denies taking pro-Russian payments
David Coburn denies payments amid WhatsApp evidence linking him to a pro-Russian campaign; co-defendant Nathan Gill was jailed for 10.5 years for bribery, court documents show.
- Last week, messages named David Coburn, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP, in WhatsApp exchanges linked to Oleg Voloshyn and Nathan Gill after Gill's conviction, but Coburn told BBC reporters he never took money when asked at his rural French home.
- The messages sent on 3 April 2019 show discussions about an 'editorial board' for 112 Ukraine and NewsOne, channels tied to Viktor Medvedchuk, and money Voloshyn gave Gill to share with the 'other MEP' called D/David.
- Messages on Gill's seized phone detail how cash was split, with a Crown Prosecution Service document submitted to the Old Bailey naming $6,500 and $4,500 linked to payments after his Manchester airport stop in 2021.
- Met Police say their probe remains ongoing and highlighted payments, Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Nigel Farage to 'launch an investigation into his party urgently,' while Farage said he was 'very confident, as confident as I can be,' nobody else had similar involvement.
- Coburn told a Strasbourg plenary that `The president of Ukraine and the Rada parliament are plotting to close TV channels 112 and Channel One`, amid sanctions on Voloshyn and Medvedchuk in 2022, highlighting ongoing foreign influence concerns.
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Ex-UKIP ally of Nigel Farage denies taking Russian bribes after being named in WhatsApps - The Mirror
Former MEP David Coburn, who was UKIP's leader in Scotland before joining the Brexit Party, denied taking Russian bribes after his name appeared in WhatsApp messages to traitor Nathan Gill
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