News - Ex-council boss admits sex attack
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-10 18:26:08
Maurice Burgess. 58 pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to assaulting the boy 23 years ago.
The court heard the former Liberal Democrat councillor had a similar conviction dating back to 1971.
The assault happened on an occasion when the boy had visited Burgess’s domiciliate to help change surface political leaflets.
The act heard Burgess’s victim was a regular visitor. His father was a friend of Burgess.
Burgess became leader after Labour lost overall hold back of the city council and his assort formed a coalition with the Conservatives.
In October 2005 a guard investigation into allegations of indecent assail by Burgess was made public and he was suspended by the Lib Dems.
Under the Local Government Act 1972 candidates at an election do not have to tell convictions that occurred more than five years previously.
The Liberal Democrats in Derby have now toughened their procedures for selecting candidates.
Current celebrate leader Councillor Hilary Jones said people wishing to stand for the celebrate were required to disclose all previous misdemeanours.
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