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An Oldham councillor who received ‘online threats to her life’ broke into tears during a council meeting while explaining how her family was left ‘scared and horrified’.

Coun Lisa Navesey and Coun Marc Hince spoke about online abuse they received after snippets of a meeting recorded without their consent were leaked online. The recordings were taken by Coun Mark Kenyon after Labour lost overall control of the council, when all political groups were meeting to secure support during an upcoming leadership challenge.

During the recorded meeting, independent councillors Navesey and Hince brokered a deal with the Labour group, agreeing to support their administration in key elections in exchange for support and advice on their priorities such as the inquiry into historic chil

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