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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Reform UK MP James McMurdock was detained as a teenager for ‘kicking’ former girlfriend

James McMurdock rides on a tractor as farmers protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax.
James McMurdock became Reform’s fifth MP after winning the Essex seat of South Basildon and East Thurrock by 98 votes at the general election. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

The Reform UK MP James McMurdock was apparently detained as a teenager for repeatedly kicking his then girlfriend, it has emerged, despite him previously claiming she was hurt after he pushed her.

According to court records released to the Times, McMurdock spent 21 days in a young offender institution after kicking the victim “around four times” in an incident outside a nightclub in Chelmsford when he was 19.

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