Tory councillor sorry for saying travellers should be executed

Conservative councillor Alan Mellins has apologised after he suggested "execute them" as a solution to evicting travellers in the Maidenhead area more quickly.

Mellins, the councillor for Cox Green, made the remark during a local planning meeting, the Maidenhead Advertiser reported.

When the panel was asked for suggestions on how the eviction process could be sped up, Mellins said, "Execute them".

He later apologised for any offence his comments had caused.

"I do not have any prejudices. I do not consider myself to have any anyway," he told the newspaper.