Kay Mason Billig, leader of Norfolk County Council, defended Daniel Elmer in the wake of criticism over a South Norfolk Council-produced video he appears in.

The South Norfolk Council video depicted its leader Daniel Elmer 'blowing up' a pylon (Image: South Norfolk Council)

The video - a parody of the popular video game Grand Theft Auto - showed Mr Elmer, South Norfolk Council leader and also a county councillor, pretending to use a rocker launcher to 'blow up' a solar farm and a pylon.

The idea of the video was to highlight how the authority is trying to protect quality farmland from applications for energy infrastructure and........

© Eastern Daily Press