The impeached mayor of London, Kentucky, is back on the job after a court overturned his removal from office.

Randall Weddle appealed the decision by the London City Council to oust him as mayor. In a lawsuit over his removal, Weddle argued the council "manufactured charges that-at worst-reflect ordinary policy disagreements."

Special Judge David Williams issued a ruling Monday that said council members didn't have sufficient grounds to remove Weddle from office.

Williams, a circuit judge for the 40th Judicial Circuit which covers Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe Counties, was assigned to the case in Laurel Circuit Court after the judge in that circuit was disqualified from presiding over the case.

The ruling immediately reinstated Weddle who led a special-called city council meeting Mon

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