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Tory MP found guilty of racially aggravated public order offence
Tory MP Bob Stewart arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London, where he is charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after an incident outside the Foreign Office's Lancaster House on December 14 last year, November 3, 2023

TORY MP Bob Stewart was found guilty today at Westminster magistrates’ court of a racially aggravated public order offence after he told an activist to “go back to Bahrain” during a protest in central London last December.

Mr Stewart, the MP for Beckenham in south-east London, also told Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird) activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei: “You’re taking money off my country, go away!” outside the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in Westminster on December 14 last year.

The 74-year-old had been attending an event hosted by the Bahraini embassy.

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