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An former Labour councillor has denied telling a sexual assault sufferer to not inform the police about what occurred to her. The lady, who was attacked by infamous rapist and killer Ronald Evans, 85, in 2022, described how his eyes “glistened” and turned “black” in the course of the lead as much as the incident. The predator had spent 50 years in jail for killing 21-year-old Kathleen Heathcote in 1963, and committing a number of intercourse offences between 1977 and 1979 in Bristol.

He was launched in 2018, whereupon, he moved to London. In 2022, he coerced a girl into going to his flat, the place he groped her after admitting to killing Ms Heathcote, which he claimed was unintended, after protecting her mouth to cease her from screaming. In 2023, Evans was as soon as once more imprisoned for his newest assault.

The sufferer met Evans at an occasion run by then-Labour councillor Kathleen Fraser, who supplied a personality witness and a defence assertion in help of the intercourse offender throughout his trial. The lady later filed a criticism towards Fraser to the Labour Party in January 2024. In May 2025, Ms Fraser was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Brent.

She was suspended from Labour in June that 12 months – 18 months after Evan’s newest sufferer raised her concern with the get together – earlier than being expelled 9 months in a while March 18 this 12 months.

The sufferer alleged that Cllr Fraser, who now sits as an unbiased at Brent Council, advised her: “Don’t report it to the police; I’ll deal with it. Leave it with me. I don’t want you to be further bruised by their negative response.”

She purportedly pleaded with the councillor to report the incident to the police, however she “refused” to and carried out a “hate vendetta” towards the sufferer while “protecting” Evans.

Fraser “tried to silence” the lady, she claimed.

She added: “I got home. I told my neighbour about it, told my friends about it. Then I told Kathleen something terrible had happened to me.”

The lady added that she “believed in her”, and, as she was the sufferer of sexual assualt, and Fraser was a girl, she anticipated her to help her, and provides her a hug and say, “Oh, God… that’s awful.”

“Saving that,” she added, “do your job and be impartial.

“Ban him from attending, [encourage] me to report it to the police.”

She trusted Fraser and so took her advice, Evans’s victim said.

The woman wrote in a witness statement to the Labour Party: “Through sheer persistence, and with completely no assist from these in authority who ought to’ve intervened on my behalf, I despatched Ronald Evans again behind bars unable to reoffend and assault any additional girls.

“Kathleen Fraser is unfit for the office of Labour Councillor and is unfit to represent the public interest. Her behaviour and demeanour during this whole affair was wholly inappropriate.

“She will not be the selfless particular person {that a} good councillor ought to aspire to be, however is self-serving and solely considers her personal pursuits.”

Cllr Fraser told The Express: “I take any allegation of this nature extraordinarily significantly. In July 2022, when [the victim] spoke to me, I inspired her to hunt acceptable help in reporting the matter to the police. I didn’t discourage her from contacting the police at any time.

“At that stage, I understood that the incident described had taken place outside of any community activity I was involved in, and I was not aware of the individual’s background or any relevant restrictions. As such, I did not have the authority or information required to take formal action beyond encouraging the matter to be reported.

“Once the matter was reported, I absolutely cooperated with the police investigation and supplied a proper assertion. I later attended courtroom when known as as a witness and gave proof to help the judicial course of.

“Throughout, my focus has been on encouraging appropriate reporting, supporting those involved, and acting responsibly within the limits of my role in the community.

“Given that this matter has been topic to a legal course of, I’m not in a position to remark additional on particular particulars.”

The Labour Party told the victim on April 1 that her complaint was considered by the National Constitutional Committee (NCC) at a hearing on March 18.

It added: “Following that listening to, the NCC decided that the allegations have been upheld and that the suitable final result is that Cllr Fraser be expelled from membership of the Labour Party.

“Cllr Fraser has been informed of the outcome this afternoon.

“The case is now closed and we wish to thanks to your endurance throughout this course of.”

In a statement dated March 17, Cllr Fraser announced her decision to quit the Labour Party with immediate effect.

The victim described the councillor as “somebody who jumped earlier than they have been pushed”.