A Inexperienced Social gathering councillor has been charged with assaulting 5 folks – together with three officers.
West Midlands Police had been referred to as to studies of dysfunction in Edgbaston, close to the junction of Monument Street and Hagley Street at round 5pm on August 6.
The drive mentioned Siobhan Harper-Nunes, 66, was initially arrested on suspicion of assault.
On Friday, she was charged with assaulting a member of the general public, three cops and a member of police workers.
Harper-Nunes was elected as a Inexperienced Social gathering councillor for Birmingham Metropolis Council representing the Ladywood ward. She additionally stood because the Inexperienced Social gathering’s candidate for the West Midlands mayoral election in 2024.
The get together mentioned it has now suspended her as a councillor with rapid impact pending an investigation.
In a press release on Friday, West Midlands Police mentioned: ‘We had been referred to as to dysfunction close to the junction of Monument Street and Hagley Street at round 5pm yesterday (August 6).
‘A girl was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Siobhan Harper-Nunes, 66, has been charged with assaulting a member of the general public, three cops and a member of police workers
‘This afternoon, Siobhan Harper-Nunes, aged 66, of Monument Street, was charged with assaulting a member of the general public, three cops and a member of police workers.’
She has been bailed to look earlier than Birmingham Magistrates’ Court docket on September 10.
Harper-Nunes additionally beforehand stood within the Gravelly Hill ward through the Might 2022 Birmingham Metropolis Council elections.
She was additionally the Inexperienced Social gathering candidate within the 2022 parliamentary by-election for the Erdington constituency.
She mentioned she doesn’t describe herself as a profession politician, as a substitute saying she is an skilled political campaigner.
In 2006, she based Shakti Ladies to assist ladies who battle with balancing their households, careers and lives. The group brings its members along with walks, espresso mornings, workshops, remedy and different actions.
Harper-Nunes was vice-chair of Birmingham Race Impression Group and vowed to make use of her place to teach and alter attitudes.
She advised the BBC in 2024 that politicians ought to lead by instance as a substitute of fuelling hatred, including that there needs to be ‘no room in politics for the ugly Islamophobia and antisemitism that we’ve got seen lately’.
