Man admits sending death threats to Wavertree MP Luciana Berger
A man has admitted sending death threats to Wavertree MP Luciana Berger
A man has admitted sending death threats to Wavertree MP Luciana Berger.
John Nimmo, 28, from South Shields, sent two emails to Luciana Berger where he told her to "watch your back Jewish scum"
The second message to the 35-year-old MP for Wavertree, who is running to become Mayor of Liverpool, also included a picture of a large knife.
This came just three weeks after MP Jo Cox died after being shot and stabbed following a constituency meeting.
Nimmo was previously jailed in 2014 for eight weeks for sending abusive messages on Twitter to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez and MP Stella Creasy.
His first message made reference to Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who had been charged with a racially or religiously aggravated hate crime against Ms Berger.
Sent at 7.54pm on July 6, it said: "Justice for Joshua Bonehill-Paine will be sweet, he has friends everywhere. Watch your back Jewish scum, regards your friend the Nazi."
He then followed it up two days later with "You will get it like Jo Cox did, you better watch your back Jewish scum'' just as Ms Berger was leaving her office in the early evening.
South Tyneside Magistrates' Court heard a statement from the former shadow minister for mental health, in which she said it had caused her great fear and anguish''.
She said the incident had left her in a state of huge distress'' andit caused me to feel physically sick being threatened in such a way''.
"I was extremely concerned for my safety and I felt completely under threat. I had previously received anti-Semitic messages and threats but the reference to Jo Cox was terrifying,'' she said.
"The biggest concern was not knowing who this was, for all I knew the offender could have resided next door to me"
Nimmo has been remanded in custody until August 24th when he will be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court.