MP Mike Amesbury pleads guilty to assault over street attack
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Mike Amesbury was suspended from the Labour Party after footage emerged which appeared to show him punching a man. MP Mike Amesbury has pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in a street bust-up last year. The Runcorn and Helsby MP admitted attacking the 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Main Street in Frodsham, Cheshire, when he appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Thursday morning.
The incident happened on 26 October at 2.48am. 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. At the time, Labour Party spokesperson said: “Mike Amesbury MP was suspended by the Labour Party following the announcement of the police investigation. We cannot comment further whilst legal proceedings are ongoing.”.
