Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield was yesterday faced with six additional criminal charges alleging forgery and misconduct in public office during this year’s contentious general and regional elections process.
Lowenfield yesterday presented himself to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Head-quarters at Eve Leary for questioning by investigators and was arrested and then escorted to the city magistrates’ courts, where he was formally read the six new charges. He was charged with three counts of misconduct in public office and three counts of forgery.
He was represented by Senior Counsel Neil Boston and attorney Nigel Hughes, who made a successful bail application on his behalf. He was granted his release on a total of $300,000 bail, representing $50,000 for each charge. His next court appearance related to the charges is scheduled for October 23rd, when the disclosure of statements will be made.
