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The MP Mike Amesbury pleaded guilty at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to assaulting a 45-year-old man.
Amesbury, who represents Runcorn and Helsby, admitted assault by beating after CCTV footage showed a late-night altercation in his Cheshire constituency.
The video footage showed the suspended Labour MP punching Paul Fellows to the ground in Frodsham, Cheshire, at 2:45am on October 26 last year.
Amesbury can be heard shouting “You won’t threaten . . . [an] MP ever again, will you?” in the footage.
Following the release of the video, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer approved the suspension of the party whip from Amesbury, who now stands as an independent MP.
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