BREXITEER AMY DALLA MURA JAILED FOR HARASSING ANNA SOUBRY
A Brexiteer who repeatedly harrassed former MP Anna Soubry has been jailed for 28 days.Amy Dalla Mura, 56, was also banned from the Broxtowe constituency in the run up to the general election where she had been standing against Ms Soubry.
Dalla Mura appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, December 16, where the court heard how she had targeted Ms Soubry between January and March this year, turning up at events and calling her a "traitor" on live television.
Former MP Ms Soubry, a Remainer who lost her Broxtowe seat while standing for the Independent Group for Change, said she was left "frightened" following the incidents.
Dalla Mura, of Eton Villas, Hove, claimed that her behaviour was politically motivated debate and did not accept it was frightening, despite standing in the General Election in the same constituency as Ms Soubry.
There were shouts of "democracy is dead" and "shame on you" from Dalla Mura and a packed public gallery when Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot gave her sentencing remarks.
She said: "Ever since the murder of Jo Cox, MPs no longer feel able to put up with sustained intimidation.
"You showed an obsession and fixation with Ms Soubry which has led you to bullying and intimidating, and harassing, this now-ex MP for Broxtowe." Judge Arbuthnot told the court the actions "stop ordinary, decent people" becoming MPs.
"Most people go and wave flags and shout.
They don't intimidate people right in their faces." Dalla Mura, who denied harassment but was found guilty following a trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court, is banned from contacting Ms Soubry under a three-year restraining order.
