Responding to being attacked while delivering leaflets in his ward this morning Cllr Kevin Lang said:
"I have been doing politics a long time so I'm used to shouty, angry people but this is the first time I've ever been physically assaulted.
"This morning, I was simply delivering my councillor newsletter around my ward, when a man came out of his house, grabbed me by the throat and stuffed the newsletter down my shirt, using all kinds of profanity as he did so. Naturally, I have reported the incident to the police.