Stockholm: A SWEDISH far-right lawmaker was charged with assault yesterday after a fight outside a club in Stockholm last year, public prosecutors said.
“On November 24 the member of parliament was standing in line to enter a club when a fight broke out and the politician is now charged with beating another man,” the Stockholm public prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The daily Expressen published a surveillance video in November showing Kent Ekeroth assaulting the victim. Ekeroth was furious at being refused entry into the club, and said he was provoked by the victim who mocked him as he walked away.
Ekeroth, 35, has admitted slapping the victim but insisted he acted in self-defence.
“I had the reflex to defend myself by giving an aggressor a light slap,” Ekeroth told Aftonbladet.
The victim has meanwhile insisted he was punched in the face.
