Tory PR Guru Arrested After Confrontation Outside Home Of Fathers 4 Justice Founder

Top: Yalland and alleged injuries

A Tory spin doctor has been arrested by police after allegedly biting the founder of Fathers 4 Justice and his landlord while serving legal papers.

Adrian Yalland, 44, the former vice-Chairman of Romsey Conservatives, Hampshire was arrested on February 20 near the home of Matt O'Connor in Stockbridge.

Mr. O'Connor, 46, and his wife, Nadine - campaign director for Fathers 4 Justice - claim Yalland broke into the home they share with their four children.

The couple say he forced their electric gates as he left the property and then launched his roadside assault against Mr. O'Connor and his 56 year-old landlord during a confrontation outside at approximately 4.00pm.

Mrs O'Connor says: "He took pictures of our home and eight year-old son and tried to speak to him before he was removed from the premises.

"At this point the police were called.

"He refused to leave the area and returned to the front of our house several times to continue his harassment of my family.

"My husband and our landlord were then both violently assaulted by Mr. Yalland in front of our house when they asked him to stop his harassment and prevent him filming our children and home.

"The video clearly shows Mr. Yalland punching one man in the side of the head and knocking him to the ground outside my home.

"A second man attempted to restrain Mr. Yalland from continuing his assault and was severely bitten by Mr. Yalland.

"Both victims required medical treatment, tetanus injections, blood tests and a course of antibiotics for bite marks.

"Mr. Yalland only left the scene when police arrived. He was arrested further up Stockbridge High Street.

"If Mr. Yalland were serving legal papers there is a protocol for doing so. He did not follow this protocol.

"For the record no legal papers were served, though a letter from Mr. Yalland has been retained as evidence by the police."

Yalland, of Maritime Avenue, Marchwood, Southampton was bailed to return to Basingstoke Police Station on March 27.

He is currently the subject of a two-year court-imposed bindover after a charge of assaulting a nurse at St. Thomas's Hospital was eventually dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The Westminster lobbyist is the former executive vice-president of political PR company Chelgate and the director of pro-life campaign group Right To Know.