Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage. AFP
A woman on Monday admitted to assault by beating after throwing a milkshake at the hard-right Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during the general election campaign. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, drenched the anti-immigration lawmaker as he departed a pub in the seaside resort of Clacton, east of London, on June 4. Farage was elected as the town's member of parliament at the July 4 election.
Bowen initially refuted the charge and criminal damage to a jacket belonging to Farage's security officer. However, she altered her plea at the latest hearing in London. Judge Tan Ikram postponed sentencing until December 16 but described her actions as 'an unprovoked, targeted attack' on 'an elected member of parliament'.
'All options' were being considered as a punishment, he stated, while releasing Bowen on unconditional bail.
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