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LANGLEY Parish Council has been accused of wasting time and public money after reporting an allegation from a recent meeting to Kent Police. An incident at September’s full


council meeting is alleged to have happened as members of the pub- lic attempted to have their say on a proposed relief road fromthe Lan- gley area to the A20. According to police, a man “is alleged to have been pushed and threatened by a resident”. Some Langley residents say the


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relief road issue has brought sim- mering tensions over the by-pass to the boil. The parish council chair- man, Cllr Cheryl Taylor-Maggio,


pictured, has publicly voiced strong reservations about a relief road and its effect on Langley. An


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witness said: “There was a chap who was trying to speak in sup- port of the re- lief road but the chairman kept trying to end the pub-


lic forum. Cllr Taylor-Maggio told him to calm down or the police would be called. He was only try- ing to have his say. The atmosphere of the meeting was exuberant but


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not threatening. People were say- ing that they had a right to speak. Most members of the public were pro-relief road. “I didn’t see any pushing or a


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reason to involve police. It’s awaste of time and public money, if you askme.” Another eye-witness said: “Itwas


an appalling, disastrous meeting. I’ve never been to a meeting so badly run. This chap was forced out of themeeting. Theymade him leave and, if he didn’t, said they’d call the police. I don’t think itwas a policematter at all.” Cllr Taylor-Maggio said: “I have


no comment tomake.” But a letter to councillors from


parish clerk Helen Anderson said: “Following the disturbance at this meeting (whichwe had to report to the police under the Public Disor- der Act 1986)…the chairman, vice chairman and I will now be work- ing together to take steps in tight- ening up all our procedures pertaining to the running of our meetings and, in particular, to the public element. This is in order to demonstrate that what happened lastweekwill not be tolerated...” A Kent Police spokesman said:


“Kent Police has been made aware of an incident which is reported to have happened at a village hall in Horseshoes Lane, Langley, Maid- stone.”


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