Police in electoral fraud probe

Officials at the referendum count in Glasgow are investigating 10 cases of suspected electoral fraud at polling stations.

Published 19th Sep 2014

Officials at the referendum count in Glasgow are investigating 10 cases of suspected electoral fraud at polling stations.

Glasgow City Council said police had been called earlier today.

They said it related to possible cases of impersonation, where people pretend to be someone else, cast the vote, then the real person turned up to vote.

Stewart Hosie, SNP Treasury spokesman at Westminster, said it was very sad that people feel the need to engage in any kind of impersonation''.

He told Sky News: I think that's a daft thing to do.

The ballot papers have been identified, they will be taken away and fingerprinted, the police will do their job and I'm sure whoever has done it will be caught and sentenced.

That's the correct procedure. It won't change the result but of course it shouldn't have happened, it is a silly, silly, thing for anyone to try to do.''

Our reporter Linda Sinclair is speaking to Colin Edgar from Glasgow City Council: