Resignation calls after Tory Councillor’s “pudding bowl attack” on wife

According to local paper the Express and Star, a Dudley councillor is facing calls to resign after admitting assaulting his wife:

“A councillor has admitted assault after throwing a pudding bowl at his wife’s head – sparking calls for him to resign.

Tory councillor Paul Woodall’s wife Joanne was left with a one-inch cut to her forehead and blood pouring down her face, a court heard.

Dudley Magistrates was told Woodall, 45, elected two years ago for Kingswinford North and Wall Heath, would sometimes “scare” his wife when he had been drinking.”

Councillor David Sparks, Labour opposition leader on Dudley Council, said: “If he was a Labour councillor we would expect him to resign.”