53-year-old Dessie Stewart, former DUP Mayor of Coleraine in Co. Derry, has been jailed for four months after being convicted of taking postal votes from a elderly care home in Portrush, N.I. and casting the votes for the DUP. The charges related to the Westminster and local government elections, which took place on the same day in May 2005.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Ex DUP Councillor Jailed For Electoral Fraud
53-year-old Dessie Stewart, former DUP Mayor of Coleraine in Co. Derry, has been jailed for four months after being convicted of taking postal votes from a elderly care home in Portrush, N.I. and casting the votes for the DUP. The charges related to the Westminster and local government elections, which took place on the same day in May 2005.
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