A witnesser successful the Angela Rayner 'two houses' probe has told constabulary helium is consenting to springiness grounds successful tribunal that she was the landlady of the spot she claims was her home.
Chris Hinett told The Mail connected Sunday he'd fixed a connection to Greater Manchester Police, which is investigating allegations that Ms Rayner broke the instrumentality by failing to state her surviving arrangements.
This paper tin uncover that astatine slightest six of the Labour lawman leader's erstwhile neighbours successful Stockport person been questioned by officers.
Ms Rayner maintains her ex-council location successful Vicarage Road was her 'principal property', but neighbours accidental she was really surviving astatine her husband's location a mile distant successful Lowndes Lane.
Police are investigating imaginable breaches of electoral law, a nonaccomplishment to wage superior gains taxation and a single-occupancy assembly taxation discount being falsely claimed by Ms Rayner.
A witnesser successful the Angela Rayner 'two houses' probe has told constabulary helium is consenting to springiness grounds successful tribunal that she was the landlady of the spot she claims was her home
She claims ineligible proposal she received exonerates her from immoderate wrongdoing, and has said that if the constabulary find she has breached the instrumentality she volition basal down arsenic lawman leader.
Vicarage Road neighbours said she moved retired successful precocious 2009, earlier marrying Mark Rayner and moving into his house. They adhd that she rented retired her Vicarage Road spot to her brother, Darren Bowen, 46.
Ms Rayner continued to assertion the Vicarage Road spot arsenic her main residence, which would person allowed her not to wage immoderate superior gains taxation connected the £48,500 nett she made erstwhile she sold the spot successful 2015.
Last night, Mr Hinett, 64, revealed to this paper that helium had told constabulary helium intervened erstwhile Ms Rayner rowed with a neighbour aft their lad broke her model with his football.
He aboriginal saw Ms Rayner sat successful her car 'casing' the neighbour's house, adding: 'She told maine she was the landlady of the location and her member lived there, and helium wasn't beardown capable to woody with the likes of us.
'I person fixed a connection to the police, and I said to them I americium blessed to accidental successful tribunal that she told maine she was the landlady. If she says she lived astatine Vicarage Road, I americium saying she is simply a liar.'
A neighbour astatine Lowndes Lane, Sylvia Hampson, 83, was interviewed by constabulary a 2nd clip aft The MoS revealed she was a ineligible witnesser to a papers Ms Rayner signed erstwhile she was selling the Vicarage Road property.
Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner's code successful Vicarage Road, Stockport wherever it is alleged she was besides living
Her son, Andrew, 55, has besides been interviewed by the police, arsenic has David Murphy, 83, who has lived other the Rayners' erstwhile location successful Lowndes Lane for much than 20 years.
Mr Murphy said: 'I utilized to spot her instrumentality the kids to school, truthful I thought she lived astatine the address. Two constabulary officers wanted to cognize astir her movements.'
Another pensioner connected Lowndes Lane, who did not privation to springiness his name, said Ms Rayner told him she lived connected the thoroughfare erstwhile she was a prospective parliamentary campaigner successful Ashton-under-Lyne. At the time, Ms Rayner inactive owned her Vicarage Road property.
He said: 'I met her astatine a foundation bash. She told maine she lived successful Lowndes Lane and told maine her doorway number. I said, 'That's 4 doors distant from me.' '
Last night, a Labour spokesperson said: 'Angela has been wide that she volition co-operate with immoderate investigation. We stay assured that she has complied with the rules. It's present due to fto the constabulary bash their work.'
Officials confronted her successful 'cheat' clash
by Abul Taher
Angela Rayner was confronted by Labour officials who accused her of 'cheating' during her contention to go the party's parliamentary campaigner successful Ashton-under-Lyne, it has emerged.
At slightest 4 elder officials successful the Greater Manchester spot walked retired of a gathering of the Constituency Labour Party (CLP) successful protestation aft Ms Rayner, 44, was selected arsenic the campaigner successful precocious 2014. They claimed she had breached enactment rules by canvassing astatine slightest six weeks earlier her rivals.
Sylvia Harrop, 83, the CLP's past secretary, said she was 'disgusted' and walked out. She claims Ms Rayner said 'the Tory candidates bash the same', adding: 'But I told her that 2 wrongs bash not marque a right, Angela'.
The chair, vice seat and different authoritative besides walked out. It is believed that complaints were made to the nationalist Labour Party, but nary enactment was taken. A Labour root said Ms Rayner was legitimately selected arsenic a candidate.
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