U.K. Lawmaker Admits Assaulting 4 In Parliament Bar
March 9th, 2012 2:55 pm Associated PressLONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker on Friday admitted assaulting four men in a drunken brawl in a House of Commons bar, a breach of Parliamentary etiquette that will cost him 4,400 pounds ($6,950) and a three month ban from entering a pub.
Eric Joyce, who admitted having problems both with alcohol and aggression, was fined 3,000 pounds and ordered to pay 1,400 pounds to his victims after he pleaded guilty to four charges of assault at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

