A FORMER charity director who travelled to the US to attend a wedding has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a woman in a hotel.

Campbell Mourton Senior has spent the past two months in a Nevada detention centre.

The 43-year-old was arrested on suspicion of burglary and kidnapping following an incident at the Imperial Palace Hotel, in Las Vegas, in August.

Mr Senior, of Cartington Road, Durham City, denies all the charges, his family told The Northern Echo last night.

It is understood he has previously lived in Darlington.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said he was arrested following an altercation on August 13.

The arrest report stated he was detained by hotel security guards after pushing his way into a room containing Angela Williams, 27.

According to the report, Mr Senior put an ironing board across the door to prevent her from leaving, but opened the door and began talking to two maids.

Ms Williams told police she then screamed and security was summoned.

The arrest report added that Ms Williams had suffered multiple abrasions to her shoulders and arms, and that Mr Senior was arrested for burglary and kidnapping.

Mr Senior later told police he had met an unknown woman who said she was staying in room 1463. She stole his iPhone and he went to the room to get it back.

His family said in a statement: “He has pleaded not guilty and expects there to be a not guilty verdict.

“He admits that he went round to the room to get his iPhone and that he knocked on the door.

“But he asked the two maids to call security, and when she opened the door, she swore and threw herself at him and fell on the floor. He denies any sort of violence.”

After his arrest, Mr Senior was taken to Clark County Detention Centre, where he remains.

He will appear in court next month.

Company records show Mr Senior worked as a director for The Children’s Foundation Limited, a large North-East charity, in the mid-Nineties. It is believed he now has no connection with the charity.

Records show Mr Senior has also been a director of several furniture companies in the region.