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| Woman sentenced for hurling milkshake at Farage | Woman sentenced for hurling milkshake at Farage |
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| Nigel Farage was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub, in Clacton-on-Sea, when he was attacked | Nigel Farage was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub, in Clacton-on-Sea, when he was attacked |
| A woman who threw a McDonald's milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during the general election campaign must pay him compensation and carry out unpaid community work. | A woman who threw a McDonald's milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during the general election campaign must pay him compensation and carry out unpaid community work. |
| Farage had the drink hurled in his face as he left a JD Wetherspoon pub in Clacton-on-Sea on 4 June, having just launched his candidacy for the Essex constituency. | |
| Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, from Clacton, admitted assault by beating and criminal damage at a previous hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court. | Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, from Clacton, admitted assault by beating and criminal damage at a previous hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court. |
| She has been given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, must pay the MP £150 compensation, complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. | |
| Farage was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub on Clacton seafront when he was attacked. | Farage was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub on Clacton seafront when he was attacked. |
| Watch: Nigel Farage has drink thrown over him in Clacton | |
| In a statement read to the court, Farage said he "felt humiliated" by the incident and was left fearing for his safety in public. | |
| He added he was "deeply thoughtful for some time afterwards that next time it may not be a milkshake". | |
| Farage's security officer, James Woolfenden, also had his suit damaged by the milkshake, and Thomas Bowen was also ordered to pay him £17.50 compensation for the criminal damage. | |
| She had originally denied the charges and was due to go on trial at the same court in October, but changed her pleas to guilty before proceedings began. | |
| In her interview with police, the defendant said she targeted Farage because she did not agree with his political views. | |
| Farage was standing in the constituency for the first time and won the seat, securing a large swing from the Conservatives' Giles Watling, who had a 25,000 majority in 2019. | |
| Farage secured a majority of 8,405 on 4 July in what was his eighth attempt to get elected to the House of Commons. |