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Lawmaker [Eric Joyce] slapped with fine, bar ban after U.K. House of Commons pub brawl
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 09, 2012 08:50am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | The Associated Press |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Friday, March 9, 2012 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A British lawmaker has admitted assaulting four men in a drunken brawl in a House of Commons bar, a breach of Parliamentary etiquette that will cost him 4,400 pounds ($6,950) and a three month ban from entering a pub.
Eric Joyce was fined and ordered to compensate his victims after he pleaded guilty Friday to four charges of assault at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Mr. Joyce was also banned from entering pubs and other licensed premises for three months and will be subject to a weekend curfew.
Prosecutor Zoe Martin said the brawl on Feb. 27 started after Mr. Joyce, a Labour Party politician, complained of too many Conservatives in the bar.
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