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Vincent Spencer, a former teacher who this week admitted sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, has resigned from the Green Party.

In the run up to this year’s General Election the 51-year-old worked as a press officer for the political party’s organisation in Wirral.

Following his guilty plea on Tuesday the Greens said they had suspended the grandad-of-four, but he is understood to have resigned from the party.

Spencer was listed on the Wirral Green Party website as the group’s press officer as late as Tuesday afternoon - though his contact details appeared to be removed following a request for comment by the ECHO.

A spokesperson for the national Green Party then confirmed Spencer’s membership had been suspended pending an investigation, but the ECHO now understands that he has resigned from the party.

Spencer was also involved in the campaign surrounding Liverpool city centre music venue the Lomax after its closure following police raids over concerns about drugs and violence in the night-time economy.

On Tuesday a spokeswoman for the Cumberland Street venue distanced the bid to see the club reopened from Spencer, saying he “has no involvement with the new Lomax company nor the Save The Lomax campaign”.

She explained Spencer had been involved in a separate fundraising and awareness campaign following the club’s closure but that he had no involvement with the company “that is moving forward with the Lomax”.

The ECHO understands that Spencer personally ended involvement with any aspect of the Lomax campaign that he was previously involved with.

During Tuesday’s hearing he admitted a charge of sexual assault and Spencer, from Birkenhead, was told he could face jail when he returns to court for sentencing on September 1. Until then he has been remanded on bail to his new address on St David’s Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.