
Ex-councillor jailed over historic counts of indency with a schoolgirl
A former East Lindsey District Councillor has been jailed for four-and-a-half years over three historic counts of indecency with a schoolgirl. Philip Leivers, 75, of Sea Bank Road, Chapel St Leonards, gave the victim tickets to watch top-name acts including Madness, Dire Straits and UB40 for free while managing London’s Hammersmith Odeon. The victim came forward to police in 2012 after watching a BBC News bulletin featuring Leivers as a councillor. She claimed the offending […]