LONDON – A member of the British Parliament has been charged with assault after a video showed him punching a man in the street, prosecutors said Thursday.

Mike Amesbury, 55, who was suspended by the Labor Party after the Oct. 26 incident, was charged with common assault on a 45-year-old man, said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the District Attorney’s Office’s Special Crimes Division. Crown. He will have to appear in court at a later date.

Amesbury called the incident “deeply regrettable” in a statement. He said he had been summoned to court, was cooperating with police and could not comment further.

Surveillance footage appeared to show Amesbury punching a man in the face on a sidewalk in the northwestern English town of Frodsham and knocking him to the ground. He then continued to punch the man while he was on the ground while others yelled at him to stop.

Amesbury, from Runcorn and Helsby, northwest England, issued a statement after the incident saying he had been out with friends and had felt threatened.

A video on social media showed Amesbury pointing his finger at a man on the street and yelling: “You’re never going to threaten me again, are you?”

That same night, Amesbury was scheduled to attend a local meeting on policing and community safety.

Last year, a 56-year-old man was convicted of stalking Amesbury at his constituency office in Frodsham.