‘Application refused’: Judge bluntly denies jailed MP Mike Amesbury’s request for bail to appeal sentence

A judge bluntly refused to consider a bail application for a disgraced former Labour MP, who has been jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting one of his constituents.

Mike Amesbury was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday for punching a man after a row in the street, and telling him: “You won’t threaten your MP again will you, you f****** soft lad?”