Labour councillor faces jail for cocktail bar attack

A Labour councillor who repeatedly pinched a woman at a cocktail bar and invited her to the toilets is facing jail. Daniel Lee-Phakoe, 39, assaulted the woman during a social function at the Devonshire Terrace near Liverpool Street station on 5 May 2023. The married father-of-four resigned as a councillor for Plaistow North in Newham, east London, last October, citing ‘personal reasons’. The businessman denied but was convicted of sexual assault by a jury after a trial at Inner London…