Saturday, May 2, 2009

Berkshire - Slough - Conservatives controversy: Six men jailed for up to 4.5 years!

From the BBC:

Six men have been jailed for charges relating to election fraud during a council vote in Berkshire.
The charges related to an election in the Slough Central ward in May 2007 where Labour councillor Lydia Simmons lost her seat to Tory Raja Khan.
Raja Khan, along with two others, had previously admitted the offences. Three other men were convicted by a jury.
The men, all from Slough, were jailed for between four-and-a-half years and four months at Reading Crown Court.
The court heard they created hundreds of false names in the weeks running up to the local election and entered them on the voter register.
Raja Khan, 52, of Oban Court, Montem Lane, was jailed for three and a half years after admitting conspiracy to defraud the returning officer and perjury.
Six men have been jailed for charges relating to election fraud during a council vote in Berkshire.
The charges related to an election in the Slough Central ward in May 2007 where Labour councillor Lydia Simmons lost her seat to Tory Raja Khan.
Raja Khan, along with two others, had previously admitted the offences. Three other men were convicted by a jury.
The men, all from Slough, were jailed for between four-and-a-half years and four months at Reading Crown Court.
The court heard they created hundreds of false names in the weeks running up to the local election and entered them on the voter register.
Raja Khan, 52, of Oban Court, Montem Lane, was jailed for three and a half years after admitting conspiracy to defraud the returning officer and perjury.

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