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| Peter Nunn jailed for Twitter abuse of MP Stella Creasy | 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. | 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. | 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. | District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe found him guilty of sending indecent, obscene or menacing messages. |
| She also imposed a restraining order. | 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. | The order bans Nunn from any contact with either Ms Creasy or feminist Caroline Criado-Perez who began the Jane Austen campaign. |
| One message posted by Nunn described the "best way to rape a witch", the court heard earlier this month. | |
| He also wrote: "If you can't threaten to rape a celebrity, what is the point in having them?" | |
| Nunn admitted using a number of Twitter accounts to retweet and post messages about Ms Creasy and feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, who both backed the campaign to keep a woman other than the Queen on a British bank note. | |
| Dressed in a grey suit with a patterned tie, the father of one showed no emotion as the sentence was passed. | |
| Victim impact statements had been read out to the court on behalf of both women, who spoke of the "terrifying" threats they received. |