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Man guilty of harassing Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger | |
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A man has been found guilty of the racially-aggravated harassment of an MP after sending anti-Semitic rants. | |
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 24, wrote five hate-filled blogs harassing Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger in 2014, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. | |
Ms Berger told the court she "felt sick" and "very much under attack". | |
Bonehill-Paine, of Yeovil, Somerset, posted the articles after the jailing of fellow far-right extremist Garron Helm in October 2014. | |
Feared for safety | |
Garron, then 21, from Merseyside, had admitted sending a picture on Twitter depicting Ms Berger, 35, with a holocaust-era Star of David on her forehead and the hashtag "Hitler was right". | |
Over the next four months, Bonehill-Paine posted articles online calling her "an evil money-grabber" and claiming the number of Jewish Labour MPs was a "problem". | |
Giving evidence, Ms Berger said she feared for her safety because "what happens online does not always stay online". | |
The MP said: "It's fair to say I was the most concerned I have ever been about my personal safety since I was elected." |