Senior Conservative party officials will be “meeting soon” to decide the fate of disgraced Barnet councillor Brian Coleman.

The former mayor, who represents Totteridge ward, pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting mother-of-two Helen Michael in North Finchley High Road on September 20.

The former GLA chairman remains suspended from the national Conservative party over the controversy, and the Barnet Tory group said it was "meeting soon" to discuss his future.

The group has so far remained silent on the subject and leader Richard Cornelius is out of the country until Wednesday.

But deputy leader Dan Thomas said in a statement this afternoon: “Party officials will be meeting soon to conclude the issue of Cllr Coleman's membership, which remains suspended. There is an internal process to follow. The Conservative Party deems conviction of assault an extremely serious matter.”

Since his suspension from the Tory party, Cllr Coleman has served on the council as an independent.

On Friday at Uxbridge Magistrate's Court, he was made to pay a total of £1,385 in fines and costs after admitting assault.

Council rules state that members cannot be removed from their posts for criminal convictions of less than three months in prison.

But the Conservative party could opt to suspend the controversial politician from the party permanently, or impose a long-term ban, leaving Cllr Coleman as an independent in the build up to next year’s local elections.