MEP apologises to EU assembly

Strasbourg - A senior member of the European Parliament found with cannabis and a sex video in his suitcase apologised to the…

Strasbourg - A senior member of the European Parliament found with cannabis and a sex video in his suitcase apologised to the European Union assembly yesterday and said he had acted foolishly.

Mr Tom Spencer, suspended from Britain's Conservative group in the Strasbourg assembly after the discovery late last month, told colleagues his act had been one "of extraordinary foolishness".

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