Ashfield District Council leader and five other councillors arrested…
A council leader has denied wrongdoing after he and five councillors in his party were arrested.
Nottinghamshire Police said four properties in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Stanton Hill, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Underwood were searched as part of investigations into alleged fraud.
All six Ashfield Independent councillors have been released under investigation while inquiries continue.
Jason Zadrozny said: “We have 100% done nothing wrong.”
A police spokesman said two men, in their 20s and 40s, and three women – in their 30s and 70s – were held on suspicion of fraud, money laundering and misconduct in public office.
The three women have also been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, with one of the women also held on suspicion of fraud and electoral offences.
A man in his 50s has also been detained on suspicion of fraud and electoral offences.
An Ashfield District Council spokesman said: “The arrests of a number of Ashfield Independent Councillors is an ongoing police matter and the council should not and will not comment further at this time.”
Source BBC news
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We can only hope the good councillors support each other and support our community together and take the necessary correct action to prevent the not so good councillors causing any more financial disasters from now till May.Only time will tell just how bad things are in the HTC let’s hope the evidence is there to find and not disappeared under a storage unit.
The community need and deserve a council that is for the community and not for themselves ,roll on May when we can have our say and VOTE for change.
Let’s not forget the good councillors let the parish down with the not so forensic audit which might have uncovered any wrong doings or may be not but to say that’s water under the bridge , come May who knows we still might get a forensic audit at X amount or are we waiting for the police to do one at no extra cost haha