Claudia Webbe MP has lost her court appeal against her conviction for harassing a love rival.
The 57-year-old politician, who was elected as the Labour MP for Leicester East in 2019, was found guilty in October 2021 and sentenced to 10 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years.
Webbe sits as an independent MP after Labour expelled her following her conviction. The party has now called for her to quit as an MP.
Webbe targeted Michelle Merritt, 59, between September 2018 and April 2020.
Prosecutors said the 18-month harassment campaign was driven by “obsession” and “jealousy” over her boyfriend Lester Thomas’s relationship with executive assistant Ms Merritt.
During the trial last year at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Webbe was convicted by chief magistrate Paul Goldspring, a verdict which she later appealed.
On Thursday, Judge Deborah Taylor and two magistrates also found Webbe guilty and they dismissed her appeal.
The latest hearing took place at…
