{"id":247982,"date":"2025-02-27T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/mike-amesbury-mps-prison-term-suspended-on-appeal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:59:30","slug":"mike-amesbury-mps-prison-term-suspended-on-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/mike-amesbury-mps-prison-term-suspended-on-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Amesbury: MP’s prison term suspended on appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury, who repeatedly punched a constituent during a row in the street, has been released from prison after a judge agreed to suspend his 10-week sentence for two years.<\/p>\n

The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who admitted assault, had been sent straight to jail after he was sentenced at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday.<\/p>\n

Hearing Amesbury’s appeal, a judge at Chester Crown Court said that while the length of the sentence had been “spot on”, it should be suspended.<\/p>\n

Honorary Recorder of Chester Judge Steven Everett also ordered Amesbury to carry out 200 hours’ unpaid work, undertake a 12-month alcohol monitoring programme, go on an anger management course and carry out 20 days of rehabilitation work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amesbury pleaded guilty in January to assaulting Paul Fellows, 45, following a row near a taxi rank in Frodsham, Cheshire, in the early hours of 26 October.<\/p>\n

His sentence still leaves the 55-year-old Independent MP – who was suspended by Labour bosses after video footage emerged of the assault – at risk of being ousted if his constituents back a recall petition calling for a by-election.<\/p>\n

The footage, which was played in court, showed Amesbury punching Mr Fellows in the head, knocking him to the ground.<\/p>\n

The politician then punched him at least five more times and swore at him.<\/p>\n

Amesbury was then heard saying: “You won’t threaten your MP again will you?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Everett told Amesbury the facts showed him “in a truly unfavourable light” and, as an MP, he “should be showing an example”. <\/p>\n

He said he could not ignore the MP’s “heavy drinking and fighting”.<\/p>\n

Amesbury arrived at court for his appeal hearing in a prison van and wore handcuffs as he was led into the building.<\/p>\n

The court heard that, in a prepared statement given in a police interview, Amesbury initially claimed he was approached by a man “shouting and screaming” about local and national matters.<\/p>\n

The MP said that because he was terrified and the other man’s “arms were swinging”, he felt he had no option but to “defend” himself.<\/p>\n

Judge Everett told him that CCTV evidence showed a very different story.<\/p>\n

“In reality, you told the police a pack of lies. Nothing more, nothing less.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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