MLA denies that he struck photographer

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Aug 2015, 17:17 BST
Alderman Samuel GardinerAlderman Samuel Gardiner
Alderman Samuel Gardiner
An Upper Bann MLA has denied deliberately striking a photographer outside an employment tribunal in Belfast.

Ulster Unionist MLA Samuel Gardiner had been accused of striking a photographer on the face with an umbrella.

However, Mr Gardiner said that, when he exited the tribunal, it was raining.

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“I was trying to get my umbrella up and the photographer was running rings around me trying to get my photograph,” he said.

Mr Gardiner said he was with party colleagues who tried to move the photographer away.

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