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Councillor convicted of cover-up

March 17th, 2006 · Post your comment (No Comments)

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A Norwich city councillor could face a possible jail sentence after she was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

Liberal Democrat Samantha Allison, 38, was convicted by a majority verdict at King’s Lynn Crown Court, after asking her teenage babysitter write a false statement on her behalf when she was arrested for drink-driving.

The verdict brings to an end a case that involved three trials and has cost taxpayers an estimated £300,000.

As well as facing a possible prison term when she is sentenced at a later hearing, mother-of-two Allison also stands to lose her place on the city council.

Local Government rules mean that if she is jailed for three months or more – including a suspended sentence – she can be debarred from being a councillor. The offence has no statutory maximum sentence.

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