Councillor cleared of postal vote fraud
A quick update about Walsall Conservative councillor Mohammed Munir, whose suspension from the party after postal vote fraud allegations were made we previously covered. His case has now gone to court and he was found innocent.
It would be better English to write: ‘ . . found Not Guilty’ as the newspaper did.
‘Found innocent’ is not bad English – it is completely incorrect in English law. Courts determine whether the prosecuted party is guilty or not so the only outcome is ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’.
Err, yes and the law also states that if you are not guilty you are innocent.