Chris Huhne's ex-wife is facing a new trial after a jury failed to decide whether she had perverted the course of justice.
Vicky Pryce, 60, is due to be tried again next week over claims that she took her husband's speeding points after a driving offence in 2003.
The jury at Southwark Crown Court had been deliberating for four days before they told the judge they could not reach a verdict.
The panel of eight women and four men were discharged after saying it was "highly unlikely" they could even make a majority decision.
Pryce, who sat with her chin in her hand, showed little emotion during the brief hearing.
The economist and mother-of-five claimed she was forced to take the points by Huhne, 58, because he wanted to avoid prosecution.
The politician had repeatedly lied about who was driving but finally admitted deceiving police just as the trial was due to start.
He has been warned he faces jail and will be sentenced once the case against his ex-wife is concluded.
Huhne's BMW was clocked speeding on the way back from Stansted Airport in 2003 as the then MEP travelled back from Strasbourg.
He already had nine points on his licence and risked being banned. In fact, he lost his licence anyway later that year after being caught on his mobile phone at the wheel.
Huhne did go on to be nominated as Lib Dem candidate in Eastleigh and won the seat in 2005, holding it again in 2010.
The allegation about a points swap only became public in May 2011 after the politician, by then a Cabinet minister, left his wife of 26 years for another woman.
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