Andrew Mitchell prone to temper tantrums, officer tells court

Special protection officer says minister called him Mr Plod and on another occasion ‘completely lost control of himself’

A special protection officer who accompanied the then international development secretary Andrew Mitchell on two trips to Africa in 2011 has told a court that the Tory MP was “prone to temper tantrums” and at one stage “completely lost control”.

Insp Duncan Johnston said that during their first encounter, as Mitchell stepped off a plane for a visit to refugees on the Tunisian/Libyan border, the minister ignored his outstretched hand and instead told him: “You must be the hired muscle.”

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