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Eric Joyce pleads not guilty to assault charges | Eric Joyce pleads not guilty to assault charges |
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The Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has pleaded not guilty to assault and criminal damage. | |
The 54-year-old independent MP appeared at Westminster magistrates court where he denied two counts of common assault and one of criminal damage. | |
The charges relate to an alleged incident at a shop in Camden, north London, on 17 October. Joyce is accused of “assault by beating” of two youths and causing £200 damage to groceries and confectionery belonging to the shop owner. | |
He is also charged with “intending to destroy and damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged”. | |
The district judge Margot Coleman granted conditional bail to Joyce, who will stand trial at the same court on 1 May. |
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