MATT SENT PACKING
He loads up his last belongings at marital home... under the family dog’s mournful gaze
HE’S trying to pick up the pieces of his life and political career. But first he’s had to pick up his possessions.
Matt Hancock gathered an assortment of boxes, suitcases and clothes in bin bags from his former marital home – as the family dog looked on forlornly.
Onlookers said the ex-health secretary, who quit after footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his office, was handed the belongings by his wife, Martha, on the doorstep of the London property on Thursday.
Father-of-three Mr Hancock, 42, wore a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes – but not his wedding ring – as he paid a brief visit to the property. A Nespresso coffee
‘Sensitive circumstances’
machine was among the possessions he loaded into a dark Audi parked outside.
One neighbour said: ‘Matt was just dropping off the kids and picking up some things in a low-key way. Everyone here knows he’s trying to do his best by the family in sensitive and difficult circumstances.’
An onlooker said: ‘His wife appeared and handed him a bin bag which clearly had clothes in it. He took it and walked to his car. This went on for about 15 to 20 minutes. He had his head down the entire time.’
The onlooker said up to ten boxes, a couple of suitcases, as well as the bin bag and coffee machine were crammed into the car. His wife was overheard asking him to swap a child seat into a different car.
He stepped down from his Cabinet role last month after CCTV footage was leaked of him breaching Covid social distancing rules by kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo. She has three children with Oliver Tress, founder of homeware firm Oliver Bonas.