Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whatiia e Matthew Fry (i runga i te pikitia) te ringa o tana hoa wahine i muri i tana whakapae i a ia i te whakaipoipo ki tetahi atu wahine i tetahi mahi hapori. He kaikaunihera o mua o te Rōpū Kaimahi i whati i te ringa o tana hoa wahine i muri i tana whakapae i a ia i te taupatupatu ki tētahi atu wahine i tētahi mahi ā-iwi, kua whakaorangia ia i te whare herehere. I pana a Matthew Fry, 34, i tana hoa, a Ann Simmons, 41, ki roto i te tatau i muri i to raua tautohe mo tana 'tino whakaipoipo' i te poari a te kaunihera i te ra o te Mekemeke i te tau kua hipa. I rongo te kōti i tīmata te pakanga i muri i te haerenga a te kaitōrangapū ki te hui a te Kaunihera o Stoke-on-Trent Kotahi anake no te mea kaore a Miss Simmons i taea te haere. I te rā i muri mai ka kite ia i ngā karere Facebook mō tana whanonga whakawai i te rōpū i mua i tana whakapae i a ia e kōrerorero ana ki tētahi wahine, e ngana ana ki te moe ki a ia. Katahi ka riri te kaunihera, ka pana ia ki roto ki te tatau ka whati i tana ringa. I rongo hoki nga kaiwhakawa i te whiu a Fry i te kanohi o Miss Simmons i a ia e taraiwa ana i te marama i muri mai i te Hanuere 24. I te rā i muri mai ka whakaekea anō e ia tana hoa mahi i muri i tana taenga ki tōna kāinga i te 4 o te ata, i reira i whiua ai ia e ia kia rua i te mata. I whakaae a Fry ki te whakapae kotahi mo te whakaeke i te kino o te tinana me nga whakapae e rua mo te whakaeke ma te patu i te North Staffordshire Justice Centre i te Hui-tanguru 12. Engari i karo ia i te whare herehere, ā, i whiua ia ki te 16 wiki i te whare herehere, i whakatārewatia mō te 12 marama i taua marae anō. Ko Fry - e tohu ana i te taone o Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - i whakahaua hoki ki te utu i te utu £ 1,000 me te haere ki tetahi kaupapa tukino i roto i te whare. I kii te Kai-whakawa a Edward Saulsby kua kotahi tau te roa o te tokorua e noho tahi ana, e whakamahere ana hoki ki te whakaipoipo. Engari i raru te whanaungatanga i muri i te rārangi i muri i te mahi o te Ra o te Whakataetae. Ka mea ia: 'I whakapono a Miss Simmons i reira i te mea he take whakaipoipo i te poi i waenganui i Mr Fry me tetahi atu wahine. I puta ai he ngangau. 'Ko te hua tenei i roto i a ia riri atu ki te waiho, a ka tutakina e ia te tatau. 'I kii a Mr Fry i ngana ia ki te neke atu i a ia ma te kukume i a ia ka whakaae ia ki te rere ki a ia, ka hono ki tona ringa me te...
I whakahe a Matthew Fry i a Ann Simmons i runga i tana whanonga i te huihuinga hapori. I whakapae ia i te kaitohutohu o te taone o Stoke-on-Trent i te whakaipoipo ki tetahi atu wahine. I pana a Fry i te wahine 41-tau-tau ki te tatau nāna i whati te ringa o te ringa. I whakaae te 34-tau-tau ki te whakapae kotahi mo te whakaeke i te kino o te tinana. I whakaae hoki te kaikaunihera o mua o Labour ki ngā whakapae e rua mō te tukino mā te patu. Engari i whakaorangia ia i te whare herehere i muri i tana whiunga i te herehere herehere.