A former Sun reporter was sacked from his council PR job after being arrested, a court heard today.

John Troup, 49, said he was frogmarched out of Uttlesford District Council headquarters when charged by police then summoned to a discplinary meeting two weeks later to be fired.

He told Kingston Crown Court he has worked as a building labourer and an accounting assistant in a structural engineer's office since his sacking. Troup said he is currently working weekends as a bacon slicer in a butcher's shop.