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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Sentenced for assaulting police officer..[ 1875 ]

Company director sentenced for assaulting police officer in Commons punch-up

Standard co. uk.,14.10.10 
 
 Pc Christopher Leggett

Assaulted: Pc Christopher Leggett received a 'tirade of verbal abuse'

A company director will be sentenced today after being found guilty of punching a policeman in the face yards from the House of Commons Speaker's seat.

Ian Thomas, 41, was stopped by Pc Christopher Leggett in a corridor as he tried to leave a drinks party hosted by Conservative MP Eric Pickles.
After being told he was not authorised to be in that area, Thomas launched into a "tirade of verbal abuse" against the police officer before hitting him, causing his lip to bleed.

Thomas, of Colchester, Essex, denied assault causing actual bodily harm but a jury at Southwark Crown Court, London, found him guilty by a majority of 11 to one last month.
Thomas, who runs educational publishing company Sugar Media, decided to leave the drinks reception when his partner contacted him to say he was locked out of their flat.

The jury of seven men and five women was told he objected to being informed that he needed to be escorted out of the building under the terms of his visitor pass.
Prosecutor Martin Pinfold said Thomas appeared "intent on compromising the security of the House of Commons" on the eve of last year's G20 conference of world leaders in London.

He was abusive and aggressive before assaulting Pc Leggett at about 9pm on March 30 last year.
Thomas, who said he had drunk two-and-a-half glasses of wine during the hour he stayed at the party, had claimed he acted in self defence after CS gas was sprayed in his face.
He told the court the gas rendered him temporarily blind and that he had not realised he had hit the policeman.
Pc Leggett needed hospital treatment for the cut to his lip. Thomas had bite marks on his finger from where he made contact with the officer's mouth, the three-day trial was told.

Ahead of today's sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, the judge warned Thomas he could be jailed.
Recorder Martin Heslop QC told him: "The court is not holding out any promises by adjourning this case.
"The fact I am allowing you to have bail does not mean I am not considering other matters, which may involve an immediate custodial sentence. I want you to appreciate that."

The judge said he agreed with the jury's verdict: "The evidence, in my view, was absolutely overwhelming."
He asked for a pre-sentence report to be prepared and said he would take Thomas's financial circumstances into consideration when deciding on a suitable sentence.
He added: "I am also considering a substantial compensation order in favour of Pc Leggett."
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