LABOUR POLITICIANS DELAYED PAEDOPHILE INVESTIGATION TO HELP PARTY'S ELECTION CHANCES
A report said Mike Owen and Mark Carriline put off child protection procedures so claims about Simon Carter did not surface ahead of the 2015 poll.Carter, at the time Labour councillor for Tottington, was eventually convicted of downloading sexual images of children five months after the election.
But the council initially failed to fully ensure children with whom he might have contact would be protected.
That included not properly informing the schools at which he was a governor.
Former chief executive Owen is alleged to have admitted delaying procedures to do Labour 'a favour', a claim he has strenuously denied.
