A MAN appeared in court charged with assaulting Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans.
Gary Clinton Beddows, 24, is alleged to have carried out the attack on Christmas Eve outside the Tory politician's family store in Swansea after stealing lager worth £15.
Mr Evans, a Conservative spokesman for Wales, suffered a black eye, cuts and bruises. Beddows, from Townhill, Swansea, is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm and two counts of theft.
He was bailed when Swansea magistrates adjourned the case for 14 days. Mr Evans, 43, was not at the hearing.
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