AlexBritton commented Election 2015: Disgraced landlord Victoria Martindale steps down...

A landlord who failed to carry out gas safety checks leading to the death of a tenant will no longer be standing at the General Election.Victoria Martindale, 40, was announced as the Green Party candidate last week for Erewash but has stepped down.She pleaded guilty in October 2013, to seven charges that she failed to maintain a gas boiler and other appliances at her property in Stanley Common.That November, she was sentenced to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years.Martindale would have.