Ex-Tory councillor cautioned after vowing to ‘donate the steam off my p***” to Jo Cox appeal

AN EX-TORY councillor has been cautioned by police after vowing to 'donate the steam off my p*ss" in memory of murdered Jo Cox.

Dominic Peacock, 60, was interviewed by officers before being cautioned under section five of the Public Order Act.

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Last month Peacock posted "I've just donated the steam from my p***" on a Facebook link to an appeal for donations to causes supported by Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox just days after she was brutally murdered.

Soon after making the disgusting post, Peacock wrote a message on a local Remain in Europe Facebook group: "I've deleted my offensive comment, I shouldn't have put in on in the first place. I won't make excuses."

Peacock, who represents the Minster and Woodmansey ward in Beverley, East Yorkshire, for East Riding Council, was expelled from the Conservative Party shortly after making the comments.

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Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, council leader and leader of the Conservative Group on East Riding Council said after suspending his colleague: "Following inappropriate and offensive comments made on social media relating to the sad and tragic death of Jo Cox MP, I have suspended Cllr Dominic Peacock from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Conservative Group with immediate effect.

"I shall be reporting this to a meeting of the full Group and my recommendation will be that he be expelled.

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"All people in public life, irrespective of politics should be united in condemning the fatal and dreadful attack on Jo Cox.

"This is not the time for inappropriate remarks, however intended, and I will not tolerate them in my Group, and residents should expect their elected representatives to act in an appropriate and compassionate way.

"I will also be asking the Group to make a contribution to the Memorial Fund set up in the name of Jo Cox."

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An online petition has been launched to remove Peacock from his positions as a district councillor and town councillor.

Local resident Ian Gow, 59, said: "There is absolutely no excuse for what this man has done. Making comments about using the death for a political advantage is just shocking.

"This petition represents the people of Beverley and how we feel about having this man represent us. Insulting the memory of Jo Cox MP has disgraced the good name of both councils.

“He has lost the trust and respect of electorate and colleagues."