A GLASGOW Labour councillor has been suspended from the party after he was arrested and charged in connection with stalking offences.
Philip Braat, who used to be lord provost in the city, represents the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “A 48-year-old man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, October 23, in connection with stalking offences.
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“A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal and he is expected to appear at a Glasgow Sheriff Court at a later date.”
A spokesperson for Labour meanwhile said the party “takes all complaints seriously”.
“They are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate action is taken.”
Braat was formerly head of the Strathclyde Police Authority, acting as its convener before its dissolution in 2013.
The Daily Mail reports that Scottish Labour HQ only learned last week that Braat had been charged in October and suspended him the same day.
He had been working for Maureen Burke, the Labour MP for Glasgow North East, but that is no longer the case.
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