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MP Eric Joyce charged with common assault and criminal damage | |
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Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has been charged with two counts of common assault and one count of criminal damage, according to police. | |
Joyce, 54, who left Labour to become an independent, has insisted that he was attempting to detain a vandal during the incident in Camden, North London, on 17 October. | |
He made clear that he did not feel he was “in the wrong”. | |
Joyce is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on 30 December, the Metropolitan Police have said. | |
On his blog following his arrest in October, the former Army major wrote: "I detained a youth in a shop in London. Damage had been done to the store." | |
He added that he asked the shopkeeper to contact the police, and "officers arrested the youth" when they arrived. | |
"The officers also informed me that the youth had immediately made a complaint that I had assaulted him by detaining him," he continued. | |
"I was questioned by the police and told that because of my identity the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police Press Office would be informed of the incident. | |
"I understand the Metropolitan Police has now made the matter public. I will make no further comment for now, other than to say a) that no alcohol was involved and b) I am not in the habit of summoning the police if I feel that I am in the wrong," he added. | |
Additional reporting by PA |
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