Attention-seeking starlet Victoria Thomas Bowen has been sentenced for milkshaking Nigel Farage during a campaign walkabout.
Thomas Bowen, 25, of St Osyth Road, Clacton, admitted offences of assault by beating and criminal damage when she appeared for trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, 21st October 2024.
She was sentenced by the same court on Monday, 16th December 2024.
Assault by beating is an offence under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. It has a maximum sentence of 26 weeks' custody and/or an unlimited fine.
Criminal damage is an offence under section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971. Criminal damage below £5,000 is a summary offence, with a maximum sentence of 3 months' custody and/or a fine at level 4.
The 25-year-old OnlyFans model slung a milkshake at Mr Farage, the recently elected Reform UK MP for Clacton, as he left the town's Moon and Starfish pub on Tuesday, 4th June 2024.
The assault resulted in £17.50 worth of damage being caused to the jacket of a member of Mr Farage's team.
When questioned by police the immature influencer said she "did not regret" her actions, which were because she "disagrees with [Mr Farage's] political views".
District Judge Tan Ikram, at the first hearing, said: "This was an unprovoked, targeted attack now on an elected Member of Parliament.
"I take a serious view of these offences. I am seeking a pre-sentence report which will consider all options for sentence."
Thomas Bowen was sentenced to 13 weeks' custody suspended for 12 months, with the requirement that she completes up to 15 days' rehabilitation activity and 120 hours' unpaid work.
She was also ordered to pay £167.50 in compensation (£150 to Mr Farage and £17.50 in dry cleaning), £154 surcharge and £450 towards prosecution costs.
Speaking on social media platform X, 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."
It is not the first time Mr Farage has been milkshaked on the campaign trail. A similar incident happened in May 2019, when the then Brexit Party leader was campaigning in Newcastle a few days before the European Parliament elections.
Local man Paul Crowther saw Mr Farage walking beside the city's Grey's Monument and took the opportunity to douse him with milkshake. Crowther was later handed a 12-month community order with 150 hours' unpaid work requirement.
In June 2024 Derbyshire man Joshua Grealley threw objects at Mr Farage when he was campaigning in Barnsley. The 28-year-old, who had no previous convictions, was handed a 6-week suspended sentence with 120 hours' unpaid work requirement.
2 comments:
Why was she tried in Westminster when the offence happened in Clacton, Essex?
Cases attracting a lot of media interest often are. That's no doubt why it was allocated to DJ Ikram too.
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