The Runcorn and Helsby MP was accused of attacking a 45-year-old man in Main Street in Frodsham, Cheshire, which was reported to officers at around 3am in October
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has pleaded guilty to assault by beating after punching a man in Cheshire in October.
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was accused of attacking a 45-year-old man in Main Street in Frodsham, Cheshire, which was reported to officers at 2.48am on October 26. He appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning.
Amesbury was suspended from the Labour Party after footage emerged which appeared to show him punching a man. He now sits in Parliament as an Independent.
The clip appeared to show Amesbury hitting a man several times while on the ground on the pavement. He seemed to be telling him: “You won’t ever threaten me again.” As Mr Amesbury walks away from the scene, an onlooker points out he’s the MP for Runcorn, he turns around and approaches the man again, shouting: “Yes I am, and you won’t threaten the MP ever again, will you?”
Keir Starmer previously described the footage as “shocking”. Asked by the Mirror whether the MP should resign, Mr Starmer said in October: “I’ve seen the video footage. It’s shocking. We moved very swiftly to suspend him as a member and as a Member of Parliament. There is now a police investigation and in the circumstances you’ll appreciate there’s not much more I can say about that.”
Amesbury, 55, was summonsed to court to face a charge of section 39 assault after a file was passed to prosecutors on October 29. He previously said he is “continuing to co-operate” with police following the “deeply regrettable” incident.
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