Police had councillor's fingerprints on hate mail - but dropped case
Summary
Police found fingerprints linking Liverpool councillor Gerard Woodhouse to hate mail sent to a housing association boss in 2022 but dropped the case because they could not contact the victim and the time limit to prosecute expired. Woodhouse later pleaded guilty to harassing a former Labour Party colleague by sending over 100 offensive letters between 2023 and 2025.Key Facts
- Gerard Woodhouse was a Liverpool councillor and anti-poverty campaigner.
- In 2022, police found his fingerprints on an anonymous threatening letter sent to Julie Fadden, a housing association worker.
- Police stopped the 2022 investigation because they could not reach the complainant after she left her job.
- The harassment case against Woodhouse related to the 2022 letters was dropped due to time limits on prosecution.
- Between 2023 and 2025, Woodhouse sent over 100 offensive letters to Christine Banks, a former Lord Mayor and Labour Party colleague.
- Woodhouse pleaded guilty and received a community order for harassing Banks.
- Julie Fadden later became a Liverpool Labour councillor and linked the 2022 letters to Woodhouse after seeing a BBC investigation.
- Police did not comment publicly on their efforts to contact Fadden during the original investigation.
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