A fifth councillor has been charged following a police investigation into alleged expenses fraud at Blaenau Gwent C...
A fifth councillor has been charged following a police investigation into alleged expenses fraud at Blaenau Gwent CC, reports the Western Mail (p1).
Four Labour councillors were charged earlier this week. All five are due to appear before Newport magistrates on December 21.
Denzil Hancock, the authority's only Plaid Cymru councillor, was charged with false accounting by Gwent Police yesterday.
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