Trial for Westminster brawler
A drinker accused of attacking a parliamentary lawyer outside a Westminster bar favoured by MPs and Peers will stand trial this summer. Ronald Freeman, 57, repeatedly punched Peter Brooksbank after a row erupted at the Sports and Social Bar and spilled into the street, it is claimed. Mr Brooksbank, 63, was taken to hospital by ambulance after police were called to the bar located just yards from the House of Commons. His lanyard was grabbed and in a ‘sustained and…