A man who threw a coffee cup at Reform UK leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage during the General Election campaign has been given a suspended sentence.
Josh Greally, 28, from Derbyshire, was arrested in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on 11 June after throwing what looked like a paper cup containing a liquid, and another object, at Mr Farage. Reacting to the verdict on Wednesday, Mr Farage said: "Frankly, if a man can threaten me in that way and not get a custodial sentence, that doesn't give much deterrence to anyone else. I am dissatisfied in the extreme."
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Josh Greally, 28, from Derbyshire, was arrested in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on 11 June after throwing what looked like a paper cup containing a liquid, and another object, at Mr Farage. Reacting to the verdict on Wednesday, Mr Farage said: "Frankly, if a man can threaten me in that way and not get a custodial sentence, that doesn't give much deterrence to anyone else. I am dissatisfied in the extreme."
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00:00So a violent man in Barnsley's throws cement and stones at me with intent to cause harm.
00:05It could have caused harm to me or anybody else around me.
00:09Doesn't go to prison. Thank goodness he didn't say something on Facebook,
00:13otherwise he might have gone to jail.
00:14I mean, what sort of country are we living in?
00:16Violence is fine, but saying intemperate things online isn't.
00:20That seems to be the way we're going.
00:23Frankly, if a man can threaten me in that way and not get a custodial sentence,
00:30that doesn't give much deterrence to anybody else.
00:32I am dissatisfied in the extreme.