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| Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets |
The election of controversial Tower Hamlets mayor has been declared void after he was found guilty of corruption and illegal practices by an Election Court judge.
Lutfur Rahman played "race" and "religious" cards and was guilty of "corrupt practice", Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey, who sat as a judge in the High Court, said.
He described an “alarming state of affairs in Tower Hamlets” driven by the “ruthless ambition of one man”.
Mr Mawrey said Rahman had "driven a coach and horses" through local authority law and had been an “evasive winess [sic]”..
The May 2014 mayoral election will now be re-run and Rahman is barred from standing, the judge said.
Rahman, Britain’s first elected Muslim mayor, was also ordered to pay £250,000 costs. » | Tom Whitehead, Security Editor | Thursday, April 23, 2015
