MP Claudia Webbe given suspended sentence for harassing woman

Leicester East MP, once a key Labour figure, threatened to use acid' on friend of her partner, trial heard

The MP Claudia Webbe has been sentenced to 10 weeks in custody suspended for two years after being found guilty of a campaign of harassment, including threatening an acid attack, against a woman.

Webbe was found guilty of harassing Michelle Merritt, a friend of her partner, with threatening phone calls. A trial was told she had called Merritt a slag, threatened to use acid" and said she would distribute naked pictures of Merritt to her family.