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A council boss has quit over a row about conducting an inquiry into a paedophile former headteacher. Plaid Cymru's Dyfrig Siencyn has announced he will stand down as leader of Gwynedd Council after he initially failed to apologise to the victims of convicted paedophile Neil Foden.

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Gwynedd Council leader resigns as head of Plaid Group amid paedophile headteacher row

Dyfrig Siencyn who would not apologise to Neil Foden's victims to step
down amid mounting pressure.

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Neil Foden: Gwynedd council leader quits Plaid group amid row

Dyfrig Siencyn refused to apologise to the victims of a head teacher convicted for sex offences

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Welsh council leader quits after paedophile row

Former headteacher Neil Foden was jailed for 17 years in July for sex offences against four girls, and there have since been calls for a public inquiry.

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Gwynedd Council leader quits over paedophile headteacher row

Dyfrig Siencyn's resignation comes a week after four members of his council's cabinet quit over his apparent initial failure to apologise to the victims of the Ysgol Friars paedophile head teacher

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Gwynedd council leader quits Plaid group after Neil Foden row

Dyfrig Siencyn The leader of Gwynedd council has resigned less than a week after becoming embroiled in a row after refusing to apologise to the victims of a paedophile head teacher. Four members of the council’s cabinet quit last Friday after Dyfrig Siencyn refused to apologise to the victims of paedophile head teacher Neil Foden during an interview with S4C. Becca Brown, Berwyn Parry Jones, Dafydd Meurig and Elin Walker Jones issued a joint sta…

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Gwynedd council leader quits after paedophile head teacher row

THE leader of Cyngor Gwynedd has resigned from his role at the head of the Plaid group after a row over his failure to initially apologise to the…

Plaid Cymru‘s Dyfrig Siencyn has announced he will stand down as leader of Gwynedd Council after he initially failed to apologise to the victims of convicted paedophile Neil Foden. In July, former headteacher Foden was sentenced to 17 years in prison for sex offences against four girls. Mr Siencyn’s resignation comes after four members of the council quit the cabinet after an interview he gave to Welsh language broadcaster Newyddion S4C. The fou…

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Gwynedd Council Leader Quits Over Paedophile Headteacher Row - Great Yorkshire Radio

The leader of Gwynedd Council has resigned from Grŵp Plaid Cymru, who have "thanked him from the bottom of their hearts" as he also stepped down from his role as leader of the Council. Councilor Dyfrig Siencyn was under pressure following an interview with S4C News after refusing to apologize for the trouble of Neil Foden, the former headmaster who has been imprisoned for sexual offenses against women.

Mae arweinydd Cyngor Gwynedd wedi ymddiswyddo o Grŵp Plaid Cymru, sydd wedi “diolch o waelod calon” iddo wrth iddo hefyd gamu o’i rôl yn arweinydd y Cyngor. Roedd y Cynghorydd Dyfrig Siencyn dan bwysau yn dilyn cyfweliad â Newyddion S4C ar ôl gwrthod ymddiheuro am helynt Neil Foden, y cyn-brifathro sydd wedi’i garcharu am droseddau rhyw yn erbyn merched.

Gwynedd Council leader quits over paedophile headteacher row

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