SmithtoldBaileyhedidn"t have themoney and couldn"t afford the timeaway fromworkthat a jail sentence would require. Hecouldhave beensentenced to30days in jailorfined $325.
"The biggest social issue is violence in the home, because men don't understand relationships with women, " said Mr Bailey, who advises the Tories' Social Justice Policy Group, under former leader Iain Duncan Smith.