DISGRACED MP ERIC JOYCE FACING CHARGES AFTER ANOTHER PUBLIC MELTDOWN
ABOVE: MP Eric Joyce
A whole flight-full of people walked past while he was restrained on the ground.
A witness
DISGRACED MP Eric Joyce last night faced police charges after a third public meltdown saw him arrested again.
Officers had to pin the politician to the fl oor
after he allegedly went berserk at Edinburgh Airport when he realised
he’d left his mobile phone on a plane.
Witnesses told how Joyce unleashed a four-letter tirade at staff when they wouldn’t allow him to retrieve his phone.
Airport officials called police and the Labour MP for Falkirk was arrested he allegedly started pushing officers and tried to grab one of them.
One witness said: “When the police arrived the passenger was seen to push one of the officers.
“They attempted to calm him down but he became more and more aggressive and eventually went to grab one of the officers.
“They then pushed him up against the desk and down on to the floor, where he was handcuffed.
“A policeman was on top of him, with his knee at the back of his neck.
“A whole flight-full of people walked past while he was restrained on the ground.
Another eyewitness said: “As far as I could tell it was something to do with his mobile phone.
“I think he’d left it on the flight and he wasn’t being allowed to go back to get it.”
Joyce was suspended from the Labour Party last year after he sparked a drunken brawl in the House of Commons bar after complaining it was “full of f***ing Tories”.
Witnesses said he punched three other MPs before being restrained.
He later pleaded guilty to assault and officially resigned from the party, agreeing to stand down at the next election.
Then in March this year Joyce was again arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident at the Commons sports and social bar.
This resulted in him being banned from buying booze anywhere in the Palace of Westminster.
A police spokesman said of Sunday’s incident: “A 52-year-old man has been reported in connection with an alleged breach of the peace at Edinburgh Airport.
“He will appear in court at a later date.”
Last night the MP said he was preparing to leave to report the loss of his phone when the police used “entirely unnecessary physical force” to arrest him.
Witnesses told how Joyce unleashed a four-letter tirade at staff when they wouldn’t allow him to retrieve his phone.
Airport officials called police and the Labour MP for Falkirk was arrested he allegedly started pushing officers and tried to grab one of them.
One witness said: “When the police arrived the passenger was seen to push one of the officers.
“They attempted to calm him down but he became more and more aggressive and eventually went to grab one of the officers.
“They then pushed him up against the desk and down on to the floor, where he was handcuffed.
“A policeman was on top of him, with his knee at the back of his neck.
“A whole flight-full of people walked past while he was restrained on the ground.
Another eyewitness said: “As far as I could tell it was something to do with his mobile phone.
“I think he’d left it on the flight and he wasn’t being allowed to go back to get it.”
Joyce was suspended from the Labour Party last year after he sparked a drunken brawl in the House of Commons bar after complaining it was “full of f***ing Tories”.
Witnesses said he punched three other MPs before being restrained.
He later pleaded guilty to assault and officially resigned from the party, agreeing to stand down at the next election.
Then in March this year Joyce was again arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident at the Commons sports and social bar.
This resulted in him being banned from buying booze anywhere in the Palace of Westminster.
A police spokesman said of Sunday’s incident: “A 52-year-old man has been reported in connection with an alleged breach of the peace at Edinburgh Airport.
“He will appear in court at a later date.”
Last night the MP said he was preparing to leave to report the loss of his phone when the police used “entirely unnecessary physical force” to arrest him.
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