However, The Times applied to the courts for information from the official record of his sentencing, which it obtained on Wednesday. It said he was was detained in a young offenders’ institution for 21 days for kicking the victim “around four times”. “Nearly 20 years ago, at 19 years of age, at the end of a night out together, we argued and I pushed her. The MP’s sentence was not suspended “in light of the serious nature of the offence”, the records say. Labour MP for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome said: “Neither he nor his party (which knew) disclosed the conviction at the election.

Source: The Times November 22, 2024 13:04 UTC