Bob Stewart: MP’s racially aggravated offence conviction quashed

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Bob Stewart: MP’s racially aggravated offence conviction quashed

Summing up the bench’s decision to overturn the conviction, Mr Justice Bennathan said: “The fact that even after Mr Stewart’s abusive comment, Mr Alwadaei continued to address him in similar terms, and at a similar pitch, would scarcely suggest to an observer that he was caused any upset, alarm, or distress.” www.bbc.co.uk

Summing up the bench’s decision to overturn the conviction, Mr Justice Bennathan said: “The fact that even after Mr Stewart’s abusive comment, Mr Alwadaei continued to address him in similar terms, and at a similar pitch, would scarcely suggest to an observer that he was caused any upset, alarm, or distress.”

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