Nazi costume councillor suspended

A Liberal Democrat town councillor who dressed as a Nazi officer for a fancy dress party has been suspended by his local party.

Sean Aspey posed for photos at his 40th birthday party last year themed on the comedy 'Allo 'Allo set in Nazi-occupied France and posted them on Facebook. The issue has caused controversy at Porthcawl town council, Bridgend.

Mr Aspey, who is said to have called the criticism "political correctness," has been contacted for comment but could not be reached.



He has faced calls to resign for bringing the Conservative-controlled council into disrepute.

Local Lib Dem party chiefs suspended him temporarily while an internal inquiry into the affair is carried out.

All images of him appeared to have been removed from the website. But the photographs, showing a grinning Nazi-uniformed Mr Aspey wearing a monocle, had already appeared in a number of newspapers.