Claudia Webbe told the court:
“I am not mad, I am a Member of Parliament.”
Since the news of Claudia Webbe being found guilty, Guido’s enjoyed combing through the retrospectively embarrassing character references Labour’s hard-left gave to her throughout the hearing:
It all contrasted quite starkly with the judge’s ultimate verdict: “In short, I found Ms Webbe to be vague, inconsistent and at times illogical in her account.” “She could not honestly answer and ultimately I found her to be untruthful.” The left’s judgement of character, ladies and gents…
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe has been found guilty of one count of harassment against a 59-year-old woman at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. District Judge Paul Goldspring tells the court he is considering a custodial sentence…
Webbe says she’s “deeply shocked” by the verdict and plans to appeal it:
“I am deeply shocked by today’s verdict. I am innocent and will appeal this verdict.
“As I said in court and repeat now, I have never threatened violence nor have I ever harassed anyone. The details of the events of the 25th of April that have emerged today are deeply personal. As the court heard, I was facing a domestic incident at the time of the call. I was deeply frustrated that my partner and my accuser had been socialising in the middle of the covid pandemic, contrary to the rules and all health advice. I was frightened and frustrated by his behaviour. But that fear and frustration could not and should not have been interpreted as harassment. The recording of the call has been taken out of context.
“I would like to thank all those who have supported me through this ordeal and continue to do so. These are the people who know me; my character, my values and my behaviour – they know I could not be guilty of this crime and I intend proving them right.
“While I’m preparing for the appeal I want to assure the people of Leicester East that I will continue to stand up for them in Parliament, fighting on their behalf.”
Webbe hasn’t been sentenced yet, although even a suspended term would automatically trigger a recall election…
Westminster Magistrate’s court has heard claims that Claudia Webbe called a woman a “slag”, made a threat against her involving acid, and threatened to leak her nude photos and videos to her children after developing a friendship with the MP’s partner.
The harassment is said to have taken place over the phone during the period from September 1st 2018 to April 26th 2020. The accuser, Michelle Merritt, claims she received a string of short silent calls from a withheld number whenever she was with Webbe’s partner. On Mothers’ Day 2019 she says the harassment escalated and Claudia confronted her about her relationship with Mr Thomas:
“[Webbe] started calling me a slag and saying friends don’t send pictures of their t*ts and p*ssy to other friends… you’re a slag and you should be acid [sic].”
Despite being warned by officers in April 2019, Webbe allegedly made a further 19 calls to her victim…
On April 25th Merritt phoned Webbe, this time secretly recorded the call. Claudia told Michelle to “get out of my relationship” and repeated the threat to leak Michelle’s nudes to her family. Webbe denies the allegations…
Labour MP Claudia Webbe has her hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court this morning at 10.00, in Court 10, on a charge related to two years-worth of harassing a young woman. Keith Vaz has his fingers crossed…
Claudia Webbe was back for yet another Foreign Affairs Select Committee appearance this afternoon, once again taking Dominic Raab to task with the hard-hitting questions no one else is brave enough to ask. Raab’s look of total bemusement at “What is your understanding of civil wars in Afghanistan” was one particular highlight. “Claudia, this is just nonsense” was another…
