I'm just the first, says vicar jailed for non-payment of council tax
7th Sep 2005, 23:45 GMT
The Rev Alfred Ridley, 71, claimed that there would be a national backlash from pensioners if the court imposed the sanction, saying as he arrived: "I am prepared to go to jail, but I am only the first."
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