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Labour MP suspended after punch captured on CCTV

www.independent.co.uk Labour MP suspended after punch captured on CCTV

Mike Amesbury reported the incident in the early hours of Saturday to police

Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended from the Labour Party after CCTV footage emerged which appears to show he punched one of his constituents in the face before attacking the victim while he was on the floor.

The footage, obtained by MailOnline, shows Mr Amesbury squaring up to one of his constituents at 2.15am on Saturday in his constituency of Runcorn and Helsby, Cheshire.

He proceeds to punch the victim in the face, who then falls into the road. The Labour MP then punches the victim at least six times more while he is on the ground.

The Labour politician, who has now lost the whip, has claimed he “felt threatened” in the run-up to the exchange and was later filmed telling the victim never to threaten him again as others attended to the injured man.

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A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Mike Amesbury MP has been assisting Cheshire Police with their inquiries following an incident on Friday night. As these inquiries are now ongoing, the Labour Party has administratively suspended Mr Amesbury’s membership of the Labour Party pending an investigation.’’

Previously:

Labour MP Mike Amesbury filmed in heated exchange as assault reported

edit: Video footage seems to be exclusive to the Daily Mail.

9 comments

At a push, the first punch could be claimed to be self-defence but continuing after the other guy is on the ground is going to be difficult to explain.
- The guy has his hands in his pockets. He's not attempting to physically attack Amesbury.
  
  There is no self-defence happening there.
  
  Can't say for England, but in America there is such a thing as "fighting words". So what was said here?
  
  If I say, "I will kill your wife and child in front of your fucking face!", you'll probably get away with beating my ass, hands in pockets or no.
while he was on the floor.

It’s outside! It’s the ground! Fucking useless journalists and editors.
Prescott by the side of the ring with a towel over his shoulders.

You can do it, lad! Get in there!

Edit: fat fingers
- I always know where my tqoelyovwr is
  
  🤣 fucking keyboards. 👍
First take: After the public taking aim at MP's for years now, and actually killing some, and them feeling like targets and sheep to the slaughter exposed for doing a public service, I'm ok with one givin some back. Must have felt good.

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