Kieron Nickles smashed through a fence as he tried to escape (Picture: Romford Recorder)

An MP’s aide has been praised after he chased down a vandal who threw a brick through a Land Rover window while they were out canvassing.

Footage of the chase has been released after the incident which happened while Chris Muspratt was out canvassing for Romford Tory MP Andrew Rosindell.

Two fences were smashed during the chase which happened in the back gardens of Avalon Road, East London.

Kieron Nickles threw the brick at the Land Rover because he had been woken up by a megaphone saying ‘Vote Andrew Rosindell, vote Conservative’ while in bed at his mother’s house. CCTV time stamps suggest it was after 3pm.




His lawyer, Mr Ali, told Barkingside Magistrates’ Court: ‘He believed it was a breach of the peace and so picked up a brick from the garden and put it through the window.’

But he was chased by Andrew Rosindell’s parliamentary assistant Chris Muspratt (Picture: Romford Recorder)

With nowhere to go he bolted for the fence (Picture: Romford Recorder)

Nickles, an 18-year-old father-to-be, managed to escape the chase but was later arrested.

He pleaded guilty to being in breach of a youth rehabilitation order, causing £800 in damage to the car and £21.36 to a fence belonging to David Holgate, according to the Romford Recorder.

He told the court ‘I’m really going to sort my life out’.

Mr Rosindell told the paper that nothing would deter him from campaigning, adding: ‘The most important outcome here was that the young man was caught and did not escape the law.

‘While we were quite shaken, me and my team cracked on and finished our canvassing session that evening.’

Mr Muspratt apologised to Mr Holgate about the fence.

He managed to clear the fence with a quick jump… (Picture: Romford Recorder)

But Mrs Muspratt smashed through it (Picture: Romford Recorder)

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