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Ex-Tory councillor convicted of proxy vote fraud
Mohammed Saghir, the former Conservative councillor in Calderdale who went on trial for electoral fraud earlier this year, has now been convicted.
Election fraud concerns in Calderdale
The Evening Courier reports that, "A convicted fraudster has once again been questioned by police over illegal voting claims. David Ginley, who is hoping to be re-elected for the Conservatives in the Warley ward in next month's Calderdale Council elections, has been arrested by police on suspicion of election fraud."
Ex-Tory councillor on trial for vote-rigging in election fraud hotspot
The Halifax Courier reports:
A FORMER Calderdale councillor is set to stand trial for alleged vote rigging.
Mohammed Saghir, 63, of Gibbet Street, Halifax, has denied five charges of rigging proxy votes.
He is alleged to have applied for proxy votes under different names during the local elections in April 2008.
Saghir was elected as a Conservative councillor for [...]
