Admitting he helped himself to a piece of jewelry at a recent public sale, veteran NDP MP Svend Robinson has announced that he's taking a leave of absence from his political duties.
Struggling to choke back sob at a Vancouver news conference, Robinson, 52, told reporters he has been suffering from "severe stress and emotional pain" since a near-fatal hiking accident in late 1997.
His personal problems culminated last Friday, he said, when he engaged "in an act that was totally inexplicable."
"I pocketed a piece of expensive jewelry," he admitted. "Something just snapped in this moment of total, utter irrationality."
Robinson said that, after a "weekend of great anguish," he has gone to police with his account of the event. The RCMP is investigating and will decided whether to charge the MP.
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