The incident took place in a Morrisons store
A councillor pushed a political rival into a stack of cereal boxes in their local Morrisons supermarket by shoving him with his stomach, a court has heard. Neil Ploughman had to be restrained by store staff before "kicking out" at 66-year-old Simon Mallett, who carried out "an exaggerated fall backwards".
Thomas Beardsworth, representing Ploughman, said: “Mr Ploughman and Mr Mallett are known to each other and it is known they have a mutual dislike for each other, having worked together as town councillors. He pushed him using his belly and Mr Mallett fell into some corn flakes and there was said to be a kick which followed, but that’s really not apparent from the CCTV.
Colin Charvill, prosecuting, said Mr Mallett walked into Morrisons in Belper on November 10 last year. He said that, as he made his way towards the pharmacy section, he heard someone shout his name twice, which he did not recognise at first but then realised it was Ploughman. “He said this caught him completely off guard and was totally unprovoked; he got to his feet and realised the person who pushed him was Ploughman. The defendant was then restrained by members of staff at the store and then swung his right leg back and kicked Mr Mallett in the thigh with some force.”
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