'Blackmailed' UUP man defends election stand-down

A former mayor, forced to pull out of a bid to stand in the General Election in Northern Ireland after a blackmail attempt, insists he took the right action.

'Blackmailed' UUP man defends election stand-down

A former mayor, forced to pull out of a bid to stand in the General Election in Northern Ireland after a blackmail attempt, insists he took the right action.

Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree was heavily tipped to oust North Down MP Robert McCartney.

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