EX-LORD MAYOR SUSPENDED FOR LEWD SEX TALK; COUNCILLOR ADMITS BEING DRUNK AT CHARITY BALL: EXCLUSIVE.Byline: Les Reid FORMER Coventry Lord Mayor Andy Matchet has been suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. as a councillor for three months for making drunken drunk·en adj. 1. Delirious with or as if with strong drink; intoxicated. 2. Habitually drunk. 3. Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication: a drunken brawl. , sexually explicit remarks to two women at the Lord Mayor's Ball he hosted. Coventry City Council found his behaviour breached the council's code of conduct by bringing the of-fice of Lord Mayor and the council, into disrepute dis·re·pute n. Damage to or loss of reputation. disrepute Noun a loss or lack of good reputation Noun 1. . The council's standards committee also ruled that the married father-of-two had "failed to treat others with respect by having a prolonged pro·long tr.v. pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs 1. To lengthen in duration; protract. 2. To lengthen in extent. inappropriate conversation" with the two women, one of whom made a formal complaint. Councillor Matchet (Conservative, Earlsdon), who was Lord Mayor until April this year, says he was drunk and on over-thecounter drugs, and can't remember what he said. He is appealing against the decision. CAPTION(S): DISREPUTE.... Councillor Andy Matchet in the full Lord Mayor regalia. |
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