An elderly Woolwich doctor who faked hundreds of nomination signatures to run for Mayor of London has been handed a suspended sentence - before going on a bizarre online rant about immigration.

The Met Police started investigating Tammy Alingham  in 2012 after the Greater London Authority became suspicious of her nomination papers for that year's mayoral contest.

An investigation was launched and a handwriting expert was instructed which revealed that the majority of the 330 nomination signatures submitted by Dr Alingham were false.

Alingham, 76, of Tellson Avenue, appeared at Inner London Crown Court last week to stand trial for electoral fraud offences.

And, yesterday (September 16), the jury unanimously found her guilty. She was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for 12 months.

The doctor previously stood as an independent candidate in 2010 to challenge Nick Raynsford for his Greenwich and Woolwich seat. She got just just 65 votes.

After the verdict, Dr Alingham went on a bizarre rant about race on her Facebook page - which also includes claims the Premier League is a "backdoor for mass immigration".

Her rant, which revealed confusion about the jury system, also blamed the judge for being "Jewish".

She wrote the judge "asked one juror (out of about 20) what his verdict was and then gave her judgement."

Dr Alingham went on: "All of the Legal officers and the Police involved are non English Brits from Scotland Wales and Ireland. 

"They should leave our English Courts to the English. The English don't ask 'for the pound of flesh' . they know how to interpret the English laws in the Broad sense. Whither ENGLISH DEMOCRACY?"

Her website also includes a number of strange comments including this on election nominations: "Each candidate needs 660 nominees. One wrong signature and the list is invalid.

"How can one person know 660 people? Rubbish Law."