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Peter Mailer (born 1956, Birmingham, UK[1]) is a leading member of the British National Party (BNP), a pub landlord and convicted fraudster. Mailer was a BNP candidate in the European Parliament election and in the 2010 general election
Arrests for public order
editMailer was twice arrested on suspicion of committing racially-aggravated public order offences after complaints against him for displaying newspaper cuttings in his pub,[1] the Black Bull, in Warkworth, Northumberland. The first arrest, in 2008, followed a complaint from a senior off-duty police officer from Nottingham. Mailer was bailed.[2] In the event, the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute.[3]
2010 Fraud conviction
editIn October 2010, Mailer was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court of forgery in relation to the sale of another Northumberland pub, the Hen and Chickens Hotel, in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The offences included forging the signature of the hotel's former manager on a document which stated Mailer had paid compensation relating to an unfair dismissal claim, and a forged signature on a Land Registry form. He was remanded in custody with the expectation of a custodial sentence.[4]
The jury had heard how Mailer had been ordered to pay Trudy Waugh £5,600 compensation after she won a tribunal case against him for unfair dismissal when he took over ownership of the pub in 1999. When he failed to pay in the years that followed, a county court charge was put on the hotel, meaning that the business could not be sold while the charge was still in place. However, Mailer sold the hotel to his brother in August 2006 for £245,000. Mailer had forged his former manager’s signature to push through the sale of the Hen and Chickens Hotel. When an accountant began to investigate the outstanding compensation, it was discovered that two key documents had been forged with Ms Waugh’s signature.[5]
Passing sentence in November 2010, Judge Roger Thorn QC told Mailer: “One of the most serious aspects of this case is your continuous scheming to subvert the course of justice. To this day Ms Waugh has not received a penny from you. You forged the document to the Land Registry and entered in bogus agreements. This demonstrates a nasty side of your character and your meanness.” Mailer was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He will face a proceeds-of-crime hearing in an effort to recover his criminal gains. He was also stripped of his other pub licences.[5]
Elections contested
editNational
edit| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 general election | Berwick upon Tweed | BNP | 1,213 | 3.2 | [6] |
European Parliament
edit| Year | Region | Party | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | North East England | BNP | 52,700 | 8.9 | Not elected[7] |
References
edit- ^ a b 2009 European candidates
- ^ "BNP landlord arrested over 'cuttings'", Nottingham Post 8 December 2008
- ^ Tom Parry "Fake vicar leads the bigots' bid", Daily Mirror, 3 June 2009
- ^ "Fraudster convicted at Crown Court" Berwick Advertiser, 20 October 2010
- ^ a b "Pub landlord is jailed for forging signature", The Journal, 20 November 2010
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Berwick-Upon-Tweed". BBC News.
- ^ "2009 election results". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.