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Twitter troll 'targeted MP Stella Creasy' over feminist banknote campaign

A TWITTER troll bombarded a Labour MP with a series of abusive messages after she supported a successful campaign to feature Jane Austen on the £10 note, a court heard yesterday. 

Peter Nunn, 32, is accused of retweeting “menacing” messages threatening to rape Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy and branding her a “witch.”

He launched his campaign of “hatred” after the Labour politician backed a high-profile bid launched by feminist Caroline Criado-Perez to keep a woman on a British ban note, Westminster magistrates’ court heard.

Alison Morgan, prosecuting, told the court that Mr Nunn “embarked on a campaign of hatred in various different forms towards both women” last summer when the campaign was at the centre of press reports.

It is claimed Mr Nunn retweeted one message threatening Ms Creasy with rape before sending a barrage of other offensive tweets to the MP the day after. 

Mr Nunn denies advocating rape and violence, saying he posted the messages “to further debate.”

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