Deputy town mayor in police custody over threats to kill and using violence to secure entry at Portsmouth address
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Councillor Lauren Banville, deputy mayor of Andover Town Council, was arrested after a ‘disturbance’ at Gladys Avenue, Portsmouth, at 11.36am.
A 61-year-old woman, also from Andover, was arrested at the scene as well.
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A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: ‘We were called at 11.36am today to an address on Gladys Avenue, Portsmouth, after reports of a disturbance at an address.
‘A 61-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman, both from Andover, were arrested on suspicion of violence to secure entry and threats to kill.
‘They remain in custody at this time.’
Cllr Banville was elected as an independent representing the Harroway Ward in 2019.
She was previously a member of the Labour party, serving as vice chair of Andover and North West Hampshire Labour, before leaving the party in 2018 after defending EDL co-founder Tommy Robinson on social media after he was arrested for contempt of court.