2026年10月23日星期五 16:00，英国 三名与保守党有关人士，包括该党前竞选主管，在承认就2024年大选日期进行赌博作弊后，被判处缓刑。
Friday 23 October 2026 16:00, UK Three people linked to the Conservatives, including the party's former director of campaigning, have been given suspended sentences after admitting to cheating at gambling on the 2024 general election date.
49岁的安东尼·李在9月与其妻子38岁的劳拉·桑德斯一起认罪，桑德斯出庭时使用其婚后姓名。
Anthony Lee, 49, pleaded guilty in September alongside his wife, Laura Saunders, 38, who appeared in court under her married name.
李负责为这场竞选部署保守党资源，时任首相里希·苏纳克将竞选日期定为7月4日。
Lee was responsible for deploying Tory resources for the contest, which then-prime minister Rishi Sunak called for 4 July.
桑德斯是该党国际事务主管，办公地点在党总部，并被选中出战布里斯托尔西北选区。
Saunders was the party's head of international, based at head office and had been chosen to run in the Bristol North West constituency.
36岁的国民保健服务体系员工埃米·欣德，是保守党副数字总监安东尼·欣德的妻子，她在6月认罪，承认就大选日期作弊。
NHS worker Amy Hind, 36, the wife of Conservative deputy digital director Anthony Hind, pleaded guilty in June to cheating on the date of the election.
在南华克王室法院的一场听证会上，李因两项罪名各被判处10个月零两周监禁，缓刑执行，桑德斯被判处四周零两个月监禁，缓刑执行。欣德被判处六个月监禁，同样缓刑执行。
In a hearing at Southwark Crown Court, Lee was handed a suspended sentence of 10 months and two weeks in prison for each of his two counts, while Saunders was given a suspended sentence of four weeks and two months. Hind was given six months in prison, also suspended.
他们均因一项调查发现有人利用2024年大选日期的内幕信息下注而被起诉。
They were all charged after an investigation found inside information on the date of the 2024 general election had been used to place bets.
法官托尼·鲍姆加特纳在宣判时表示，李和桑德斯在大选日期上下注超过2000英镑，若作弊未被揭露，本可获得超过23000英镑的回报。
Judge Tony Baumgartner said at the sentencing that Lee and Saunders placed bets worth more than £2,000 on the date of the election - which would have generated returns of more than £23,000 if the cheating hadn't been uncovered.
法官表示，欣德下了四注，并试图在“专门为作弊目的而开设”的账户中再下三注。
Hind placed four bets and attempted to make a further three in accounts "opened specifically for the purposes of cheating", the judge said.
法官称，若她七次尝试全部成功且未被发现，回报将略超过26000英镑。
Had all seven of her attempts succeeded and gone unnoticed, the return would have been just over £26,000.
法官对欣德表示，她多年来下过超过3000次网络赌注，但她在大选日期上的投注“与您以往的投注记录明显不同”。他补充说，欣德以往的投注大多是体育赛事。
Hind had placed more than 3,000 online bets over the years but the ones she put on the election date "were a clear departure from your previous betting history", the judge told her. Hind's previous betting was mostly on sports, he added.