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Peter Nunn jailed for Twitter abuse of MP Stella Creasy | |
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A man who sent abusive Twitter messages to Labour MP Stella Creasy after she campaigned to put Jane Austen on the £10 note has been jailed for 18 weeks. | |
The City of London Magistrates' Court heard Peter Nunn, 33, from Bristol, retweeted "menacing" posts threatening to rape the Walthamstow MP and branding her a witch. | |
District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe found him guilty of sending indecent, obscene or menacing messages. | |
She also imposed a restraining order. | |
The order bans Nunn from any contact with either Ms Creasy or feminist Caroline Criado-Perez who began the Jane Austen campaign. |