"Tracey Smith, who is a trans woman, sent her MP Ellie Reeves 22 emails and 10 voicemails calling her transphobic and accusing her older sister the Chancellor of the Exchequer of physically assaulting her at a buffet bar. Smith used phrases including a person is dangerous when they have nothing to lose, be warned, and bullets will be flying around."
"I am appalled if this be the case that the civil courts are so poorly organised that they do not address the issue of whether a witness has material evidence to give and consider whether the purpose of obtaining a witness summons is to harass. The judge said Smith's offending was intended to cause Ms Reeves maximum fear and distress and was a direct attack upon democracy."
A 58-year-old trans woman, Tracey Smith, was convicted of harassment after sending 22 emails and 10 voicemails to MP Ellie Reeves and attempting to summon the MP's sister, the Chancellor, to court. Smith used threatening language including phrases about danger and bullets and made accusations against local council, doctors and police while demanding personal contact. A county court issued a witness summons that the MP avoided with assistance from the Speaker's lawyers. District Judge Michael Snow sentenced Smith to 26 weeks' imprisonment, ordered £650 costs and imposed an indefinite restraining order following a one-day trial.
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