British MP jailed for 10 weeks for punching passerby

A lawmaker suspended from Britain's ruling Labour party was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday after pleading guilty to punching a man, potentially triggering an election test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

MP Mike Amesbury got into a late-night street altercation with a man who complained to him about a bridge closure, which ended with the man being knocked to the ground.

Labour suspended Amesbury, 55, after the Mail Online published a video that apparently showed the assault and he now sits in parliament as an independent. Starmer said his party had moved "very swiftly" to suspend the lawmaker.