Western Australian political staffer was arrested for behaving suspiciously . The Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Council Nigel Lake was found by police wearing all black with a baseball bat , latex gloves and a balaclava . He was a kilometre from the home of his boss , the Clerk of the Legislative Council Colin Barnett . He has been suspended from his $ 166,000-a-year position . WA Premier Nigel Pratt says the incident is 'like a Monty Python episode '
Western Australian political staffer was arrested for behaving suspiciously . The Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Council Nigel Lake was found by police wearing all black with a baseball bat , latex gloves and a balaclava . He was a kilometre from the home of his boss , the Clerk of the Legislative Council Nigel Pratt . He has been suspended from his $ 166,000-a-year position . WA Premier Colin Barnett says the incident is 'like a Monty Python episode '