Issue 1249
Established: 1987
£10k reward offered in mystery of woman crushed by own car
Published weekly on a Thursday
40p
December 3rd 2015
LABOUR WHIP IN THE DOCK Page 8
The unexplained death of a 24-year-old mother-of-two has baffled officers for a decade
For beating his wife EXCLUSIVE
ByAmelia Burr
amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
A SENIOR Labour councillor has resigned after he was convicted in court of assaulting his wife,
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smashing the glasses off her face and leaving her with a bloodied lip.
Walworth councillor, Dan Garfield, hung his head in the dock at Camberwell magistrate’s court on Tuesday morning as his tearful estranged wife, also a Southwark Labour councillor, read out her own
victim statement. As Southwark Labour’s chief whip, responsible for keeping party members in line, Mr Garfield’s departure has left the group in turmoil, triggering the third by-election since its sweep to victory in May last year, Full story on page 6....