A Tory candidate has been forced to withdraw campaign leaflets that had already been distributed to the public after police complained about an image featuring a serving officer.
Hannah Gray, the Conservative candidate for Beckenham and Penge in south-east London, released the leaflets featuring an image of her shaking hands with police Superintendent Luke Baldock to local homes across Bromley.The Metropolitan Police have now lodged a complaint, noting the campaign imagery was used without their prior knowledge and contravenes electoral rules.
The force has now clarified that the photo was taken before the election, during a period in which Ms Gray’s worked as a Bromley councillor.A Met spokesman said: “The Metropolitan Police Service is aware of a leaflet being circulated by a candidate which included a picture of a MPS officer.
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