Minor crime leads to fourth PCC election drop-out
What a farce! Yet another of this November’s candidates for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections has stood down over a minor offence committed while he was a teenager.
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What a farce! Yet another of this November’s candidates for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections has stood down over a minor offence committed while he was a teenager.
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