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| Falkirk MP Eric Joyce pleads guilty to abusive behaviour at airport | Falkirk MP Eric Joyce pleads guilty to abusive behaviour at airport |
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| The Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has been fined £1,500 after he admitted using threatening or abusive behaviour at an airport last year. | The Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has been fined £1,500 after he admitted using threatening or abusive behaviour at an airport last year. |
| The 53-year-old independent MP pleaded guilty to one charge when he appeared at Edinburgh sheriff court on Friday. | |
| The charge related to an incident at Edinburgh airport on 19 May last year. | The charge related to an incident at Edinburgh airport on 19 May last year. |
| Speaking outside court, Joyce said he would reflect on whether to continue as an MP until the general election in 2015. "My instinct is to stay but I don't know how I will feel in a few days." | Speaking outside court, Joyce said he would reflect on whether to continue as an MP until the general election in 2015. "My instinct is to stay but I don't know how I will feel in a few days." |
| Joyce apologised to airport staff, police and his constituents. | Joyce apologised to airport staff, police and his constituents. |
| "I am very embarrassed that this has happened," he said. "My constituents have seen this before, so they might think other apologies are not meant, but they are." | "I am very embarrassed that this has happened," he said. "My constituents have seen this before, so they might think other apologies are not meant, but they are." |
| Asked if he had a problem with alcohol, Joyce said he had addressed such issues. "I think I am well past that now." | Asked if he had a problem with alcohol, Joyce said he had addressed such issues. "I think I am well past that now." |
| Joyce was a Labour MP until March 2012 when he resigned from the party after pleading guilty to assault. |