Man handed three-year voting ban after backing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour TWICE in General Election
Mohammad Zain Qureshi, 21, pleaded guilty to breaking electoral law after police identified him from his Twitter bragging post
A MAN has been banned from voting for twice backing Labour in this year’s General Election.
Mohammad Zain Qureshi, 21, was arrested after boasting on Twitter of his illegal double support for Jeremy Corbyn.
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He was registered twice at his home in the Chingford and Woodford Green constituency in East London with a variation of his name.
Cops said Qureshi then voted in person and used a postal vote.
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The seat was held in June by ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.
Qureshi admitted breaching electoral rules at Thames magistrates’ court.
He was fined £150, must pay £230 costs and was banned from voting for three years.