Kent English Democrats official jailed for election fraud
Steve Uncles, 52, regional leader of the English Democrats, was convicted of electoral fraud after the elections in Kent in 2013.
Fictional candidates were put forward as well as people who had not agreed to stand, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
Uncles, of Shears Close, Wilmington, near Dartford was jailed for seven-and-a-half months.
He was convicted on 24 February of seven counts of using a false instrument with intent and two counts of causing or permitting a false statement to be included in a nomination form.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-39257452
The man is a right-wing extremist; anti-foreigner, anti-EU and anti-Moslem; and a convicted criminal.
In unrelated news, a number of Conservative MPs are under investigation about election expenses.
Steve Uncles, 52, regional leader of the English Democrats, was convicted of electoral fraud after the elections in Kent in 2013.
Fictional candidates were put forward as well as people who had not agreed to stand, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
Uncles, of Shears Close, Wilmington, near Dartford was jailed for seven-and-a-half months.
He was convicted on 24 February of seven counts of using a false instrument with intent and two counts of causing or permitting a false statement to be included in a nomination form.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-39257452
The man is a right-wing extremist; anti-foreigner, anti-EU and anti-Moslem; and a convicted criminal.
In unrelated news, a number of Conservative MPs are under investigation about election expenses.