Ukip Councillor Peter Lagoda Admits To £25,000 Benefit Fraud After 'Racist Language' Fury

by Irn Bru Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:24 pm

Ukip councillor Peter Lagoda has admitted to fiddling nearly £25,000 through benefits fraud just days after coming under pressure to be booted out of the party for using "deeply offensive" language during a fire station visit.

Cambridgeshire councillor Peter Lagoda and his wife Maria pleaded guilty to benefits fraud at the start of their trial in a ruse that stretched for more than two years, Cambridgeshire News reported.

The pair were accused of giving Fenland District Council a false address in an attempt to claim extra benefits, claiming £11,565 in income support, £2,346 in council tax and £10,949 in housing benefit.

Lagoda was initially suspended as a Ukip councillor when the charges were brought against him last year, with the local politician now set to be sentenced on 28 March at Peterborough Crown Court. The councillor's change of plea is likely to force Ukip officials to revoke his membership.

This comes after the councillor admitted to HuffPostUK that he used remarks about his own family during a visit to a fire station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that caused one of those present to lodge an official complaint.

Lagoda said that he described his north African sister as a "w*g" and his relatives living in Germany as "Mongols" who had children with "slanty eyes".

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/24/ukip-peter-lagoda-benefits_n_4847596.html

Another benefit cheat and one with just more that having his snout in the trough.

by Guest Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:36 pm

Yeah phil has already done a thread on this. As I pointed out UKIP suspended him as soon as he was charged and will now evict him from the party - he will keep his position on the council because that is up to the people who elected him, he will no longer represent UKIP.

Other parties have had people arrested charged and convicted - I do not see what can be done except suspend on being charged evict if proven guilty.

by Guest Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:00 pm

sphinx wrote:Yeah phil has already done a thread on this. As I pointed out UKIP suspended him as soon as he was charged and will now evict him from the party - he will keep his position on the council because that is up to the people who elected him, he will no longer represent UKIP.

Other parties have had people arrested charged and convicted - I do not see what can be done except suspend on being charged evict if proven guilty.

You'll be running out of candidates completely, if you suspended them all! Rolling Eyes

by Fred Bloggs Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:09 pm

Catman wrote:
sphinx wrote:Yeah phil has already done a thread on this. As I pointed out UKIP suspended him as soon as he was charged and will now evict him from the party - he will keep his position on the council because that is up to the people who elected him, he will no longer represent UKIP.

Other parties have had people arrested charged and convicted - I do not see what can be done except suspend on being charged evict if proven guilty.

You'll be running out of candidates completely, if you suspended them all!

Labour might need a new deputy soon. Racist UKIP v Paedo supporter. Hmmmm that's difficult which is worse Phil?

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