The Mercian(@TheMercianNews):🚨NEW: A Green Party councillor has been arrested and charged with assault on five people, including police officers, in Birmingham. Siobhan Harper-Nunes was recently elected as a councillor in the Ladywood ward and also ran for the West Midlands mayoral election back in 2024. West Midlands Police says officers were called to reported disorder near the junction of Monument Road and Hagley Road on Thursday, August 6 before a woman was arrested on suspicion of assault. The Birmingham Green Party has said that she has been suspended from the Green Party Group with immediate effect pending an investigation.

2026.08.08 08:02

🚨NEW: A Green Party councillor has been arrested and charged with assault on five people, including police officers, in Birmingham. Siobhan Harper-Nunes was recently elected as a councillor in the Ladywood ward and also ran for the West Midlands mayoral election back in 2024. West Midlands Police says officers were called to reported disorder near the junction of Monument Road and Hagley Road on Thursday, August 6 before a woman was arrested on suspicion of assault. The Birmingham Green Party has said that she has been suspended from the Green Party Group with immediate effect pending an investigation.