Former labour councillor Ian hollinshead convicted for benefit fraud .... Nominated for deputy mayor

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Barry I am a Lib Dem oh hang on the Lib Dems are slumping in the polls so lets try being an Independent this time around Stamp?

Shurelyshomemishtake
Is that the same Barry, I believe in reason, compassion, transparency and honesty, unless I can get one of my crooked chums a nice little earner Stamp?

Or have I confused him with some other two faced hypocrite named Barry Stamp.
 

70-plus

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I thought Barry was a decent guy but he obviously isn't. Ian Hollinshead is a crook and a benefits fraudster. He has become an independent because noone else will have him. How can a benefits fraudster represent the people of Stafford as Deputy Mayor. It has to be stopped but who will stop it? The only way to stop it is for him not to get elected. No votes for Hollinshead I say.
 

Frontal

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There is a lot more to the story if you read into the case rather than the somewhat negligent headlines.
 
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70-plus

Well-Known Forumite
That's not true. He was called into the Council with his wife and they were told that they had committed fraud. The Council then decided to prosecute because it was fraud by a borough councillor who is supposed to represent the people not take money from them. It had been going on for three years so it wasn't a mistake. It was deliberate. He went to court and was found guilty and paid a fine including the money he had defrauded the Council.
 

Frontal

Well-Known Forumite
He was called into the Council with his wife and they were told that they had committed fraud.

Untrue. But I'm not going to get into he said she said, that was never my intention as a 3rd party. The case was a complicated one.

If you have any specific questions about the case, I'm certain Ian would be happy to answer. His email is on the council website and he is usually fairly prompt to reply. He certainly responded promptly to my own queries.
 
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