Darlington borough councillor Colin Pease and parish councillor David Darling were said to have been involved in a "physical altercation" leaving Pease with "scratches and blood on his face" and Darling with bruising, the report said.
It said: “Councillor Pease accuses Councillor Darling of assaulting him by ‘grabbing him round the neck, headbutting his nose resulting in blood on his shirt with cuts and bruises on his collarbone and arms’.
The official investigation document said: “Councillor Darling quickly stood up and shut the door with force meaning that Councillor Pease could not leave.
“Councillor Darling denies this, saying that Councillor Pease ‘punched him first’.”.
At the meeting, which had 13 people present and which was recorded, Mr Darling asked a series of questions in a raised voice, and Mr Pease called him a “prat” in response.
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