Former Labour MP reportedly fears being discriminated against as she faces jail
‘I am a black woman in a white court’: Former Labour MP claims she ‘fears being discriminated against’ as she faces jail for threatening to throw acid over a suspected love rival
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe threatened to throw acid over another womanShe was convicted of harassment against suspected love rival Michelle MerrittThe former Labour MP plans to appeal and will be sentenced on November 4Ms Webbe, 56, said that she is a black woman facing a white court and system
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A former Labour MP facing jail for threatening to throw acid over a suspected love rival reportedly told her supporters: ‘I am a black woman in a white court.’
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe, who has been suspended from the Labour Party and is now an independent, was convicted earlier this month of harassment against suspected love rival Michelle Merritt.
The court heard she had threatened to throw acid and send naked photographs and videos of Ms Merritt to her family.
Claudia Webbe, 56, will be sentenced on November 4 but was warned she could face prison
Ms Webbe, who has been suspended from the Labour Party and is now an independent, was convicted earlier this month of harassment against suspected love rival Michelle Merritt
Ms Webbe, 56, will be sentenced on November 4 but was warned she could face prison.
But in a message apparently sent to her supporters before the verdict, the MP – who denied the harassment claims – said: ‘I am a black woman in a white court, facing a white system and white prosecutors.
‘I have been deliberately targeted because I am vulnerable.’
It continued: ‘I know first-hand the sexism and racism institutions and media use to vilify black women.’
Ms Webbe, who plans to appeal against her conviction, declined to comment yesterday.
