Man jailed over racist Badenoch death threats

Ex-teacher Kieran Kyle sent three emails on 2 May to the Tory party leader in which he made racist references and claimed to have been in the IRA, the court heard. The 43-year-old, from Gillingham in Kent, pleaded guilty on 22 September at Westminster Magistrates' Court to two counts of sending communications of an indecent or offensive nature.

In two of the emails, Kyle had made racist references and written: "I'm ex-IRA, so Bloody Sunday references from you are going to give you trouble," the court heard. The messages were sent on the day Badenoch apologised for footage from Bloody Sunday being mistakenly used in a social media clip to criticise a parliamentary Bill on legacy issues in Northern Ireland.

The video criticising the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, posted to her social media channels on 28 April, showed Badenoch saying the Labour legislation would "drag" Troubles veterans back to court.