"Edward Brandt, 61, was convicted following a trial at Southampton Crown Court which heard that the former Conservative Party leadership candidate feared sexual violence and believed he was a real threat. The jury returned the guilty verdict by a majority of 10 to two. Brandt was, however, acquitted of the more serious offence of stalking involving serious alarm or distress."
"The trial was told that Brandt sent at least 17 emails and three phone messages to Ms Mordaunt, as well as turning up at her Portsmouth constituency office out-of-hours between September 11, 2023 and May 12, 2024. Brandt, who lived on the Isle of Wight at the time, failed to comply with the terms of a conditional caution issued in April 2024 which required him to complete a victim awareness course and not to contact Dame Penny, the trial heard."
Edward Brandt, 61, an ex-councillor and former Conservative Party leadership candidate, was convicted of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt after a Southampton Crown Court trial. The jury returned a guilty verdict by a majority of 10 to two while acquitting him of stalking involving serious alarm or distress. Brandt sent at least 17 emails, left multiple phone messages, and attended Mordaunt’s Portsmouth constituency office out-of-hours between September 11, 2023 and May 12, 2024. He failed to comply with a conditional caution requiring a victim awareness course and no contact. An interim stalking protection order was issued, a pre-sentence report was ordered, and Brandt was released on conditional bail until January 16.
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