Archive: Councillor Suspended

September 18th, 2008 by Group Office

In view of the charges brought against County Councillor Morris Lightfoot (Harrogate Bilton & Nidd Gorge Division) at the Harrogate Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 18 September under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, he has been suspended from the North Yorkshire County Council Liberal Democrat Group with immediate effect.

The suspension is purely a technical and routine procedure implying no judgement on either the guilt or innocence of Councillor Lightfoot.