Former US mayor jailed
Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 12:15 PM
The former mayor of the US city of Detroit has been sentenced to four months in jail for obstructing justice in connection with a sex scandal.
Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned last month, had admitted to lying under oath to try to cover up an affair with his former chief-of-staff.
The punishment was part of a plea deal under which he also agreed to pay US$1 million in restitution to the city.
Kilpatrick has also agreed that he will not run for office for five years.
The former mayor had admitted that he lied under oath, while testifying in a civil lawsuit brought by former police officers, who had accused him of illegally demoting or sacking them.
He and his former aide, Christine Beatty, had both denied that they were having an affair, but a newspaper then published explicit text messages, which appeared to contradict their denials.