Reckless behavour as President candidate banned from union for slapping a girl

He is banned from the SU until March 8

12 years ago

Ollie Parsons | News

Ed Reckless, one of the two candidates gunning for the SU President role, is currently serving a ban from the union for allegedly assaulting a female student.

After a night of boozing, Reckless apparently slapped the girl and was later escorted from the union by security.

Reckless is banned from the union until March 5 meaning he is unable to campaign at Stuesday, Hey Ewe and FND, arguably the biggest three nights of the week.

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Reckless, the winner of Hall Chair of the year, was subject to intense questioning at the Bubble Debate last night where a member of the audience quizzed him about the night in question. The SU have received a backlash on twitter for not effectively controlling the audience.

Reckless told Label Online: “Regretfully, I have been banned due to out of character behavior on a night where I consumed far too much alcohol.”

Reckless has received an overwhelming amount of support on social media.

https://twitter.com/BTSteward/status/570331184233734145

https://twitter.com/oddbod92/status/570318990272270337

#EE2015 wow. That was possibly the most uncomfortable moment I've ever sat through. There was no relevance to the job #personalattack

— Telford Hall (@TelfordHall1) February 24, 2015

Shocking management of audience questions. Poor form. Ed you deserved twice the round of applause for holding this display together #EE2015

— Sam Mason (@samjohnmason) February 24, 2015

#EE2015 should sensor audience questions and consider the effect of vicious attacks, with no basis of truth, on such a prominent stage.

— Telford Hall (@TelfordHall1) February 24, 2015