Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner “burst into tears” and was left “scared out of her wits” after being blamed over the alleged murder of Sir David Amess, a court heard.
Stuart Kelly, 53, and Michael McGrath, 70, both pleaded guilty today (Thursday, March 17) to sending offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages to the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that both men linked her comments at the Labour Party conference, calling Conservatives “scum”, in September last year to Sir David, 69, being stabbed to death at a surgery in his Leigh-on-Sea constituency in Essex.
On the day of the MP's death, Kelly left three voicemail messages for Ms Rayner, 41, at her constituency office during a 30-minute period.
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