Disgraced former shadow Labour minister Eric Joyce has been warned he could face at least a year in jail after admitting to having child pornography on a computer. The former shadow minister for Northern Ireland was a Labour MP from 2000 to 2012, before becoming an independent and stepping down in 2015. In the fight he headbutted Conservative MP Stuart Andrew, giving him a bloody nose and concussion, punched Tory councillor Luke Mackenzie, splitting his lip, and headbutted Tory councillor Ben Maney. 'The court takes (making an indecent image of a child) very seriously because such images fuel the abuse of children.' He claimed at Belgravia police station that someone else had started the fight, telling officers: 'I think he was a silly fat Tory MP.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2020 09:55 UTC