25 Jun 2024
A man has been arrested this morning on suspicion of criminal damage, harassment and an offence relating to the Representation of the People Act (1983).
The offences relate to stickers fly-posted on lampposts around the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency alleging Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner was a lobbyist for Putin’s Russia.
Under Section 110 of the RP Act, an imprint must be added by law to all printed election material to show who is responsible for its production. Candidate election material is any material that can be reasonably regarded as intended to promote or procure the election of a candidate at an election, even if it is not officially produced.
We have chosen not to publish a photo of the stickers for legal reasons.
Liberal Democrat candidate Victoria Collins’ agent, Sam Oliver, has denied any link between the official campaign and the posters: “I am very happy to give definitive and on the record confirmation that these posters are not from or supported by the Liberal Democrat campaign.”
