UKIP candidate Anna-Marie Crampton, who has been suspended by her party for allegedly posting anti-Semitic remarks online, said she was hacked and not responsible for the comments.
She tweeted last night: "Im (sic) NOT antisemitic. I NEVER said i do not believe in the holocaust. I've clearly been trolled. I do post on Zionism as a political movement."
She later added: "Further, my great grandmother was jewish on my mother's side."
UKIP candidate suspended for 'anti-Semitic comments'
UKIP candidate Anna-Marie Crampton has been suspended from the party after allegedly posting anti-Semitic comments on a website.
A UKIP candidate has been suspended. Credit: Barry Batchelor/PA Archive
Ms Crampton, who was due to stand in next week's county council elections in East Sussex, denied the claims and said she was not responsible for the attacks because her account had been hacked.
A UKIP spokesman told ITV News: "We are investigating this matter, if she was hacked we will apologise for suspending her."
Around 1.50am on 22nd December 2012, police were called to a collision involving a 37-year-old man and a vehicle on Harlequin Lane, Crowborough, East Sussex.
The vehicle left before police reached the scene. The man, who was on foot, was seriously injured and is being treated in hospital.
Police are urgently appealing for the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision to make contact with them.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision, seen the man before the collision or who may have any information that could assist the Police is also asked to contact Sussex Police.
A 57-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after a collision with a car in Crowborough on 6th December 2012. Emergency services were called to Crowborough Hill at 5.48pm after the man was hit by a burgundy-coloured Ford Fiesta, driven by a 52-year-old woman.
She was uninjured, but was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving. She has been bailed until 7th February 2012. The man was taken to Kings College Hospital in London where his condition on Thursday evening was described as critical.
Sussex road policing officers are investigating and have appealed for witnesses. They are keen to speak to the driver of a silver car travelling west who stopped to allow the pedestrian to cross shortly before the incident.
A 75-year-old woman was pronounced dead after a collision on the A26, Eridge Road, Crowborough.
Emergency services were called to an area north of the Boars Head Inn at around 5.50pm yesterday, 12th November, after reports that a grey Mercedes travelling north had hit a pedestrian.
We are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet come forward to please do so. We would also like to hear from you if you saw the Mercedes prior to the collision. Please dial 101 quoting Op Edgeley if you can assist with our enquiries."
– PC Matthew Harman, East Sussex Roads Policing Unit
The Mercedes driver, a 72-year-old man from Wadhurst was uninjured.
