{"id":4627,"date":"2021-07-30T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:30:21","slug":"apsana-vindicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/apsana-vindicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Apsana: vindicated!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>APSANA BEGUM, MP for Poplar &amp; Limehouse, has today been found not guilty of three counts of making dishonest applications for council housing to Tower Hamlets Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rumours that Apsana Begum was guilty of fraud began circulating in Tower Hamlets shortly after she was selected as Labour\u2019s candidate for the General Election, following Jim Fitzpatrick\u2019s decision to retire.\u00a0 She was charged with dishonesty shortly after being elected and issued an immediate statement confirming that she was innocent.\u00a0 There has been little discussion of the case on social media or in the local press in Tower Hamlets since, with the community and media pulling together to ensure, in effect, that she had a fair trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apsana.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25759\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apsana.jpg?resize=150%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>There are press reports that Apsana collapsed in tears as the \u201cnot guilty\u201d verdict was announced in court. After 18 months of worry about the case \u2013 at the time when she was learning the parliamentary ropes and taking up the task of representing her constituents \u2013 this cannot be a surprise. The verdict of the Court has cleared her, but those who pressed the charges will know that they made her suffer. After the hearing, Apsana revealed that she had also faced sexist, racist, Islamophobia abuse and threats as a result of the charges. She also said that the charges were \u201cdriven by malicious intent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voters in Tower Hamlets, who elected Apsana as their MP with a huge majority, will be delighted to hear that their choice was justified and they did not pick a wrong\u2019un.\u00a0 However, thoughts will quickly turn to how the investigation and prosecution arose. Voters will now want reassurance that there was no political interference in what should have been an officers\u2019 decision, based on hard evidence.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cfTo catch up with the news in East London, go to:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">East London News<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APSANA BEGUM, MP for Poplar &amp; Limehouse, has today been found not guilty of three counts of making dishonest applications for council housing to Tower Hamlets Council. 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