Mike Amesbury has successfully appealed his sentence of immediate 10 weeks imprisonment. Picture: Getty Amesbury arrived at court in a prison van and was led into the building in handcuffs by an ...

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury will walk free after winning an appeal against his 10-week jail sentence for punching a man in the street. The sentence handed to him on Monday will now be suspended ...

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury will return to court to appeal against his sentence. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who was given a 10-week prison sentence on Monday for punching a man in the street ...

MP Mike Amesbury, who admitted repeatedly punching a constituent in the street, has had his 10-week prison sentence suspended following an appeal. The Runcorn and Helsby MP assaulted Paul Fellows ...

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury is to return to court later this week to appeal against his 10-week sentence for assault (Ian Cooper/PA) Jailed MP Mike Amesbury is to return to court later this week to ...

Nottingham Trent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Since the publication of this article, Mike Amesbury’s sentence has been suspended on appeal. MP Mike Amesbury ...

The home secretary agreed it is “unacceptable” that under parliamentary rules, Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury will continue to receive his full £91,000 salary during his 10-week ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she wants to see jailed MP Mike Amesbury resign or face a recall petition. Her comments come as the former Labour MP was jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said Runcorn needs a new Labour MP after Mike Amesbury was jailed for beating up a constituent - and will keep his £91,000 MPs salary in prison. She told Wilfred ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she wants to see jailed MP Mike Amesbury resign or face a recall petition. The disgraced MP has been jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man after a row in the ...

Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been jailed for 10 weeks after punching a man in the street. He pleaded guilty to assault by beating of 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Main Street, Frodsham, ...