Arrested councillor "had received threats"
A COUNCILLOR arrested over a leaked BNP membership list received threats after it was published, it has been claimed.
Sadie Graham is planning to leave her Notts home and move south with her family, according to a close friend.
The friend told the Post that the threats to the former BNP member of Broxtowe Borough Council, who now sits as an independent, began when the list appeared on the internet last month.
Coun Graham was one of two people released from custody on police bail over the weekend after being arrested at her home in Church Lane, Brinsley, last Thursday.
Her friend said: "I spoke to her last Tuesday and she said she had received threats and needed to look after herself and her daughter. She was worried about the safety of her family.
"To hear the police had gone in and arrested her was shocking. She said she had been waiting [at home] for her husband's brother to come down with a van to take things down south."
The friend said she understood Coun Graham was staying with family in the south of England after her release from police custody.
She and another person were arrested last week by Notts police officers, acting on behalf of Dyfed Powys Police, in connection with alleged offences under the Data Protection Act.
Coun Graham was kicked out of the BNP last December after alleged involvement in an internet blog which, the party claims, had tried to "attack and smear fellow party officials".
A BNP spokesman said he was not aware of threats made to Coun Graham since the unauthorised publication of the party membership list.
"It's unfortunate. Thousands of our members have received threats and those threats are being looked into by the police," he said.
"Even call centres have been used to issue threats."
Despite attempts by the Post to contact her, Coun Graham has been unavailable for comment.
guy.woodford@nottinghameveningpost.co.uk
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by MadBadger, The Sett
Monday, December 15 2008, 8:21PM
“Phew, I'm glad that you agree with me that people fleeing persecution should be allowed safe haven in our great country. You've restored my faith in human nature. Thanks.”
by Rev.J.P.Cotterill-Attaway, Hyson Green
Monday, December 15 2008, 8:18PM
“It is also a term connected with the 'Cotteraux', a phrase to describe a warrior during the Hundred Years War who fought with two long knives or short swords. I have seen references to it also being of Scottish origin....however, the first recorded Cotterill in the UK was 'Cotterell the Norman' in the early 13th century...a direct ancestor who fled religious persecution in France.
We must also remember that history is still being re-written, for example, up until the 1980's, Richard III was a cripple.”
by MadBadger, The Sett
Monday, December 15 2008, 5:08PM
“My book says your name is Old French relating to cottager. So there.”
by Rev.J.P.Cotterill-Attaway, Hyson Green
Monday, December 15 2008, 8:38AM
“The British National Party are a legally constituted ethno-centric party. People of a non-European background CAN join the BNP's 'Ethnic Liason Comittee' which advises the BNP on issues effecting the ethnic minority groups in the UK.
However, the BPOA only allows white police officers to have a non-voting 'associate membership', the Muslim Police Officers Association does not allow ANY non-muslim to join while OBV do not allow ANY European past the intial application process for their schemes.
As for the entymology of my name, Cotterill is Norman-French, the origin being 'Cotte Real' or Royal Coat.”
by MadBadger, The Sett
Monday, December 15 2008, 7:10AM
“Actually, my book of English surnames states that Cotterill is Old French.
You haven't answered MY question to you as to why non-whites are not allowed to join the BNP. I asked first.”