Lawyer is attacked outside Parliament bar
A lawyer who works as deputy counsel to the joint committee on statutory instruments, a group of MPS and peers that scrutinises secondary legislation, was allegedly beaten up outside a bar at the Houses of Parliament.
Ronald Freeman, 56, allegedly attacked Peter Brooksbank, 63, after a row erupted at the Sports and Social Bar and spilt into the street.
Mr Freeman appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty and will be tried by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.