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Leeds Labour councillor charged with sex offences against child

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Summerdayshaze · 04/12/2020 07:37

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill councillor charged with attempted rape of a girl and other sexual offences. Suspended from the party. Remains on the council as an independent.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/leeds-councillor-ron-grahame-charged-attempted-rape-and-historic-sex-offences-against-girl-and-suspended-labour-party-3056076

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CaraDuneRedux · 04/12/2020 07:40

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 04/12/2020 07:44

Innocent until proven guilty, of course.

Quite separately, the existence of the 'managed zone' in Holbeck makes me sick to my stomach. Something very awry there in the attitudes to women and girls.

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PurpleHoodie · 04/12/2020 07:45

Leeds?

Shocked, I tel you. Shocked.*

Lots of hard drives up there need looking at.

In no way whatsoever.

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Marmite27 · 04/12/2020 07:46

It doesn’t surprise me. I completely agree with PP. I was hoping with the Sun picking up on the managed zone in recent weeks there would be some outcry. Doesn’t seem to be the case though.

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TirisfalPumpkin · 04/12/2020 07:53

I think there’s been a definite attitude shift. Less describing it as ‘successful’ and more ‘controversial’, and local residents and women’s groups being very articulate & persuasive when quoted.

Also in club ‘entirely unsurprised’.

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DrDavidBanner · 04/12/2020 08:00

Well well well, am also 'shocked and suprised'

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Mnetter78432 · 04/12/2020 08:03

I am so surprised at this. This never happens. No one could have predicted this.

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Aesopfable · 04/12/2020 09:25

Wow. What a surprise. But surely this never happens? No other councillors have ever been found guilty of sexual offences whilst trying remove protections from women and girls have they? Especially not in the NE and campaigning for removing l of single sex toilets?

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Siameasy · 04/12/2020 11:20

Oh what a surprise

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Packingsoapandwater · 04/12/2020 11:23

Is it strange how there seems to be so many cases like this?

One could almost think that political parties do not do their due diligence on prospective candidates, or maybe even turn a blind eye.

But that cannot be the situation. Surely, everyone in public office adheres to the Nolan Principles. Confused

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WhereYouLeftIt · 04/12/2020 11:36

Another here who saw the thread title in the list and felt no surprise Sad.

Predators maneuvering themselves into positions of power and respectability, hiding in plain sight.

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fatblackcatspaw · 04/12/2020 11:51

colour me surprised....

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Aesopfable · 04/12/2020 11:57

Predators maneuvering themselves into positions of power and respectability, hiding in plain sight.

They may well spend years doing that, but they absolutely would not go to the trouble of saying ‘I identify as a women’ in order to gain access to vulnerable women and girls. Of course they wouldn’t. Much to much effort.

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BettyDuKeiraBellisMyShero · 04/12/2020 12:20

I am unsurprised that I feel no surprise.

Leeds is a mess. Labour needs to investigate wtf is going on with the council.

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FKATondelayo · 04/12/2020 13:21

I'm sure the Labour leadership will expel, loudly condemn and distance themselves from this guy, just as they did with Ron Spackman and Eric Joyce. Hmm

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Rubidium · 04/12/2020 14:37

Leeds City Councillors have got form

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PurpleHoodie · 04/12/2020 15:02

Does anyone have east access to the picture info-gram that shows around 8 men who have put themselves in positions of power and have subsequently been charged with/found guilty of rape, child rape, torture etc

ie Councillors, Green Party leaders and Scottish leaders/Councillors?

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PurpleHoodie · 04/12/2020 15:03

It was posted on one or two threads here.

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MindTheMinotaur · 04/12/2020 17:23

What a surprise!

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HecatesCatsInXmasHats · 04/12/2020 17:53

I believe he and his wife (who is also a labour councillor in Leeds) had some issues with the tax man previously & that the council tried avoid the names of the councillors involved being revealed.

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nothingcomestonothing · 04/12/2020 18:42

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Summerdayshaze · 05/12/2020 01:41

@HecatesCatsInXmasHats yes they were one of about five or six Labour councillors who hadn’t been paying their council tax, then tried to cover it up.

Both big supporters of the managed zone. Another surprise. Oh wait...

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WattleOn · 05/12/2020 05:16

Leeds. That is in West Yorkshire, isn’t it? The only surprising thing about this is that he has actually been arrested.

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