MP for Runcorn and Helsby sentenced to XXXX over incident in Cheshire in October last year

The MP for Runcorn and Helsby, Mike Amesbury, has pleaded guilty to assault.

Appearing at Chester magistrates court, Amesbury, who was suspended by the Labour party after an investigation, admitted the single charge of section 39 assault in relation to an incident after a night out in his constituency.