Jun 5, 2023
UK Police Charge MP Robert Stewart With Public Order Offenses
, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- UK Member of Parliament Robert Stewart has been charged with two public-order offenses after an online report from a man alleging he had been verbally racially abused.
The Metropolitan Police said Stewart was charged for using threatening or abusive words and behavior in a December 2022 incident alleged to have occurred in Belgravia, London.
Stewart has been a Conservative MP since 2010, according to the UK Parliament website.
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