Labour activists in court amid vote rigging claims
Four Labour activists have appeared in court facing charges related to alleged vote rigging in candidate selection. The charges include perverting the course of justice and conspiracy under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act. All four individuals have been suspended from the Labour Party pending the outcome of the investigation.
- ▪The activists are Joel Bodmer, Shila Bodmer, Gabriel Leroy, and Carole Bonner.
- ▪Joel Bodmer has been charged with perverting the course of justice for allegedly altering phone records.
- ▪The candidate selection process for Croydon East was abandoned in November 2023 due to alleged irregularities.
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Labour activists in court amid vote rigging claims6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJoe PikePolitics investigations correspondent, Westminster Magistrates CourtBBCFour Labour activists have appeared in court for the first time after being charged in connection with claims that a party database was manipulated to help fix a candidate selection.Joel Bodmer, 40, his wife Shila Bodmer, 41, former Southend councillor Gabriel Leroy, 24, and former Croydon councillor Carole Bonner, 69, appeared only to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses.Joel Bodmer, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.The process to select Labour's…
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