Wife of MP denies theft

THE wife of a Liberal Democrat MP yesterday denied burgling the home of her husband’s lover and stealing a kitten.

Christine Hemming, who is married to Birmingham Yardley MP John Hemming, pleaded not guilty to the charge of burglary during a brief hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.

Hemming, of Moseley, Birmingham, is alleged to have burgled the home of Emily Cox, a researcher with whom her husband fathered a child in 2005.