(TNS) A panel of judges from the Kentucky Court of Appeals has denied a request from the London City Council to pause the reinstatement of Randall Weddle as mayor, according to court documents.

The legal battle between the council and Weddle has been ongoing for nearly two months. On Sept. 5, the council unanimously agreed to remove Weddle from office after determining he committed misconduct or willful neglect on five of the 11 charges he faced.

Of those, the council voted unanimously that three of the counts warranted removing him from office. Those include Weddle executing a $5 million mortgage on Levi Jackson State Park and the Laurel County Fairgrounds without the council’s approval, his failure to fill ethics board vacancies in a timely manner and not properly publishing a city ord

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