Ex-Vicar Jailed Over Council Tax Stand-Off

Evening Standard - London › September 07, 2005

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A RETIRED Church of England clergyman was jailed for 28 days today for refusing to pay what he called an unfair rise in council tax.

The Rev Alfred Ridley, of Towcester, Northants, received a suspended sentence in July but then refused to comply with a court order that he pay Pounds 691 in arrears to his local authority.

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Ex-Vicar Jailed Over Council Tax Stand-Off

Sentencing Mr Ridley today, magistrate...

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