A Saddleworth parish councillor,Mike Buckley, is exploiting a loophole in the law, and saying it is his ‘responsibility’ to continue serving his constituentsGovernment rules preventing councillors from being sacked whether they commit a crime are being reviewed after a parish councillor convicted of child pornography offences refused to resign.
The row at Saddleworth parish council started in December when a councillor,Mike Buckley, was found guilty of possessing indecent images of children taken in an eastern European orphanage.
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Source: theguardian.com