Sentence delay for ex-mayor sex offender

Sentencing of a former mayor who admits standing for election to Wigan Council, despite sex offence convictions barring him from doing so, has been delayed.
By Post reporter
Published 10th Mar 2020, 09:36 BST
Updated 10th Mar 2020, 09:50 BST
John BeirneJohn Beirne
John Beirne

John Beirne, of School Way, Norley, admitted making a false statement in a candidate election document ahead of last year’s local poll, as he was subject to a suspended prison sentence.

The 58-year-old has also pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements for the Sex Offenders’ Register by not telling authorities that he had changed his name.

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Wigan justices were told in January that Beirne was Mayor of St Helens in 2008-09 and stood in the parliamentary elections as a candidate for UKIP. But in 2017 he pleaded guilty to historical sex offences and was given a 16-month prison term, suspended for two years.