MP Mike Amesbury Pleads Guilty to Assault After Punching Man
Labour MP Mike Amesbury has admitted to assaulting a man in Frodsham, Cheshire, after a dispute over a bridge closure
Mike Amesbury, Frodsham, Cheshire, Assault, Labour Party
Frodsham: So, here’s the scoop. Mike Amesbury, the Labour MP, got himself into some serious trouble. He punched a guy named Paul Fellows during a late-night argument about a bridge closure. This all went down in the early hours of October 26.
The court heard that Amesbury threw a punch that knocked Fellows to the ground. And it didn’t stop there; he kept hitting him at least five times while he was down. Yikes! The whole thing was caught on CCTV, which didn’t do Amesbury any favors.
Before the fight, both men had been drinking and were at a taxi rank. Fellows recognized Amesbury and approached him to chat about the bridge issue. They talked for a bit, but things escalated quickly. Amesbury ended up shouting and then just punched Fellows out of nowhere.
After the incident, Amesbury was suspended from the Labour Party and now sits as an Independent. If he gets a prison sentence, even a short one, he could lose his seat in Parliament. That’s a big deal!
The Labour Party said it’s good that Amesbury is owning up to his actions, but they can’t say much more since the legal stuff is still ongoing. It’s a wild situation, and it’ll be interesting to see what happens next.