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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Conservative councillor FINALLY suspended after saying 'white men need black slaves'

A Tory councillor has been suspended after he was allegedly heard saying 'all white men should have a black slave' in a leaked voice recording.

Andrew Edwards, who represents an area of Haverfordwest on Pembrokeshire County Council, Wales, referred himself to the Public Services Ombudsman after the incendiary 16-second clip surfaced earlier this week.

The Welsh Conservatives confirmed on Thursday that Mr Edwards had since been suspended by the party while an investigation is carried out.

His voice is said to have been identified by other members of the council after they were sent the audio.

In the recording, published by online news site Nation.Cymru, a man's voice can be heard saying: "Nothing wrong with the skin colour at all.

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