Farage hits out at ‘two-tier justice’ as his milkshake attacker is spared jail

16 Dec 2024 • 8:50 PM MYT
The Independent
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Nigel Farage has criticised the suspended sentence given to a woman who assaulted him during the general election campaign by throwing a milkshake.

The Reform UK leader hit out after deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram sentenced OnlyFans model Victoria Thomas Bowen to 13 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.

The 25-year-old previously pleading guilty to assault by beating after throwing the milkshake over the GB News host outside an Essex pub as he campaigned to become an MP.

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Mr Farage, who was subsequently elected MP for Clacton, was doused with the liquid and hit by the cup after it was thrown as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in Clacton-on-Sea on June 4.

In a post on social media after Monday’s hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Mr Farage said: “We now live in a country where you can assault a Member of Parliament and not go to prison.

“The latest example of two-tier justice.”