A man who stormed out of his house to attack a Conservative canvasser who had posted a leaflet through his door during the general election, shouted “Tory scum!” before he “rained down punches' on the man..
A man who stormed out of his house to attack a Conservative canvasser who had posted a leaflet through his door during the general election, shouted “Tory scum!” before he “rained down punches" on the man..Mr Burchett, who is also a Conservative Councillor for Bagley at Shropshire Council, had been canvassing for support for former MP Daniel Kawczynski during the election campaign.
Brookes, aged 59, had also previously admitted assaulting a police officer on the day of the incident, Telford Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday. Kate Ford prosecuting read out a statement from Councillor Burchett, taken on the day of the attack. He said the incident happened at around 10.20am. “I had posted leaflets to various houses in West View. When I was at the end of the cul-de-sac, a man came out from his house and called me a Tory something.
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