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Councillor signs up for police probe - a year late
7/ 5/2008
A COUNCILLOR has finally signed up for a criminal record check — a year after it was introduced.
Stalybridge South councillor David Buckley faced sanctions for neglecting to put himself forward for police checks after he was voted in last year.
Council leader Roy Oldham said that since Audenshaw councillor Peter Wright’s hidden criminal past was revealed, the public have a right to be assured councillors are ‘squeaky clean’.
Town hall chiefs introduced the voluntary CRB check for members after the shamed councillor was jailed for assaulting common-law wife and fellow councillor Karen Wright. It was agreed that a mandatory CRB check must be carried out on all new councillors.
It also emerged that fellow Conservative councillors Doreen Dickinson and John Kelly have also only just took part in the voluntary checks.
At the last full council meeting, Councillor Joe Kitchen, deputy leader, said: "If the councillors concerned cannot do what is their moral duty, they should resign. Either that, or put themselves forward for a CRB check."
Councillor John Bell, Tory leader, said: "Cllr David Buckley has now submitted his CRB check following a council cock-up that saw his documents addressed to a Labour councillor. CRB checks are not the be-all and end-all to this matter. Labour introduced them as a knee-jerk reaction to the imprisonment of Peter Wright two years ago."
Councillor Doreen Dickinson said: "I hold my hands up but I don’t feel guilty. The check wouldn’t have picked up the fact (Peter Wright) was imprisoned in Angola in the ‘70s. The CRB check only covers the last five years. This is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."
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Got an opinion you want to share?Should less emphasis be placed on the results of tests and more emphasis on general education for children?
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That stuff over Peter Wright was dragged out far too long in the press and was very boring.
8/05/2008 at 09:46