Election charge
A PORTSMOUTH man has been charged by police with having made false statements to alter the result of the General Election.
Les Cummings, who stood as the city's Justice and Anti-Corruption Party will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on Friday, charged with breaching the Representation of the People Act.
Police at Fareham Police Station charged Mr Cummings on Thursday afternoon, with having made, on April 22, before an election, for the purpose of affecting candidate Mike Hancock, false statements that he knew to be untrue.
He will appear at the court's morning session.
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