A member of the British National Party who tried to rig votes in local elections held in Cannock is facing jailMichael Wilding used his friend David Winter’s name to place a vote for the BNP in both the county council and local elections held last June.
He appeared at Cannock Magistrates Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to two charges of personation at a local/european election by using the name of David Winter. The offence carries a maximum jail sentence of two years.
Mr Simon Orme, prosecuting, said Wilding went to the polling station based at St Barnabas Church Hall, in Mosswood Street, on the afternoon of June 4 to place his vote despite voting in his own name earlier in the day.
Wilding, aged 39, used the name of Mr Winter, whose family he lived with in Hampton Street, to cast a vote for William Ralph Vaughan who was representing the BNP in the Cannock town centre ward in the county councils. He then voted in the European Parliamentary Elections voting BNP despite there not being a candidate standing.
The fraud was discovered when Mr Winter arrived later in the evening at the polling station to place his vote. Wilding, from Trench Road, Cannock, was identified as the culprit by an elections officer.
Mr Neil Gerrity, defending, said Wilding was very sorry for his actions. Speaking after the case Wilding told the Express & Star: “I just don’t know why I did it really. It was very silly.”
Express and Star
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EDL ORGANISER JOEL TITUS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTS A PHOTOGRAPHER: -
http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2009/12/edl-media/
The BNP are always accusing other people from the Labour party of trying to rig elections, now they have been caught out for real themselves! I hope this bastard is nailed!
The BNP have donated a measley little £200 cheque for white troops seerving in Afganistan, when Cyclops is a fuckin' millionairre!
http://bnp.org.uk/2009/12/bnp-members-fund-private-project-to-send-parcels-to-troops-without-families-in-afghanistan/
POLICE INVESTIGATE BNP DEATH THREATS MAN:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/12/13/police-investigate-alleged-death-threats-over-youtube-bnp-video-91466-25379428/
Looking at Michael Wilding's rather unattractive 'urban camo' jacket (isn't he a bit old to be dressed like that?), I think I spy a large, fascist 'Celtic Cross' insignia on the right breast. The Celtic Cross is a version of the sunwheel and is worn by fascists in lieu of the Nazi swastika (another sunwheel device).I thought such symbols were banned in today's BNP. Obviously not!
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