Mike Amesbury: MP walks free after appealing sentence for assault.
He had received a ten-week jail term after pleading guilty over the incident in October, with led to his suspension by the Labour Party
Thursday February 27 2025, 12.00pm GMT, The Times
Mike Amesbury, the former Labour MP convicted of assault after punching a constituent in the street, has won an appeal to have his jail sentence suspended.
The 55-year-old was handed a ten-week prison term on Monday after pleading guilty to hitting Paul Fellows on Main Street in Frodsham, a market town near the River Mersey, on October 26 last year.
His application for bail while he appealed his sentence had been denied. He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation for the “early-hours drunken brawling”.
Amesbury, who was elected in 2017, has refused to resign as MP for Runcorn & Helsby in Cheshire and will continue to claim his £91,000-a-year salary as an independent despite his conviction. He still faces the possibility of losing his seat if enough of his constituents sign a petition, which will run for six weeks.
Amesbury was suspended from the Labour Party in October after a video emerged showing him punching Fellows while waiting for a taxi at 2.15am. Fellows was seen falling to the ground, at which point Amesbury hit him at least five more times. Times.
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