She admitted at Snaresbrook crown court in 2006 that she had filled out the forms and forged signatures on each. Marsha-Jane Thompson, a Unison and Momentum activist, admitted to registering more than 100 fake votes in the borough of Newham, east London and was sentenced to 100 hours of community work. Jeremy Corbyn arrives to launch his leadership campaign with Marsha-Jane Thompson, second left, Laura Alvarez, his wife, fifth left, and Faduma Hassan, third right Dominic Lipinski/Press AssociationOne of the key members of Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign team has a conviction for election fraud. She was a housing officer at Newham council at the time. The activist was a supporter of Lutfur Rahman, above, the former mayor of Tower Hamlets who was removed from office for electoral fraud last year Mark Kerrison/CorbisMarianne Wood, the council’s chief internal auditor, told the court: “We managed to stop what could have been an extremely serious situation…

Source: The Times July 21, 2016 23:03 UTC