Councillor's Ferrari has windscreen smashed outside vote count

A Ferrari belonging to a councillor had its windscreen smashed by vandals outside an election count in Greater Manchester.

Kamran Ghafoor, who is leader of The Oldham Group and a councillor for Hollinwood, in Oldham, said the car also had its bumper dented while he was at the vote count in the town.

Ghafoor said he parked on Union Street before discovering the damage at about 02:00 BST. The Oldham Group said it believed the incident was targeted.

Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers attended the scene and no arrests had been made.

Oldham Council said it was analysing CCTV.

It happened as thousands of seats were contested on 136 councils across the country - including all 10 Greater Manchester borough councils.

The incident comes just under two months after a building on King Street in Oldham, owned by KKS Investors, made up of Ghafoor and colleague Sameer Zulqurnain, collapsed - leaving five people injured.

Ghafoor said at the time that work being carried out at the property had been "overseen in consultation with building control" and official investigations into the incident were being cooperated with.

Additional reporting by Miranda Pell and Charlotte Hall

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