Sophocles: 'Apprentice Baggs is repugnant'

Former candidate Michael Sophocles has described Apprentice hopeful Stuart Baggs as "repugnant" and "vile".

Sophocles, who was generally derided for his performances on the fourth series of the reality show, blasted telecommunications worker Baggs in his News of the World column.

Speaking about the first week sausage-selling task, Sophocles said: "On the boys team we had the irritating Sonic the Hedgehog lookalike known to his (presumably few) friends as Stuart Baggs.

"Stuart has got to be the most repugnant and hideous candidate ever to have made an appearance on The Apprentice. Never has one person's face made me want to commit a violent act as much as this obnoxious twerp."

He added: "With an ego-inflated rhinoceros like Baggs it was no wonder the boys ended up losing to the ladies by fifteen pounds."

However, Sophocles agreed with Lord Sugar's decision to axe Dan Harris over Baggs, commenting: "This idiot was the only person possible to be more unappealing than Stuart 'hit with an ugly stick' Baggs."

The former telesales excutive branded Harris "intolerably vile" for his performance in the first challenge.