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Drew Sandelands

Glasgow trust bidding to run football pitches facing probe over alleged link to disgraced councillor

A series of “concerning” allegations against a Glasgow trust, including supposed links to a former SNP councillor convicted of grooming six teenage boys, has sparked calls for a probe.

The Brunswick Community Development Trust wants to take over council-owned football pitches in Springburn Park, and has received thousands of pounds of council money to fund its work.

But Glasgow City Council has been urged to investigate the voluntary organisation, which works with disadvantaged communities, in a complaint, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), to chief executive Annemarie O’Donnell.

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