Labour demand Claudia Webbe step down as MP after she is spared jail

Claudia Webbe MP has been spared jail after being convicted of harassing her boyfriend's friend for a period of 18 months between 1 September 2018 and 26 April 2020.

The representative for Leicester East threatened to throw acid at the victim and leak naked photos of her, behaviour a judge has since described as "callous and intimidatory".

Ms Webbe has avoided a prison sentence due to her previous good character, but Labour are now demanding she step down as MP after expelling her from the party.

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