Troll Who Emailed Keir Starmer Calling Him A ‘Gutless Dirty B*****d’ Spared Jail

A man who sent Keir Starmer a barrage of emails ‘full of abusive profanities and threats of violence’ has been handed a suspended sentence.

Mark Tew, 63, called the Prime Minister a ‘gutless dirty b@stard’ in one message, Southwark Crown Court heard.

In another, he wrote: ‘You should be beaten up Starmer, stabbed to death, shot to dead. You gutless yellow b@stard Starmer. Tell the truth you miserable uneducated tosser.’

He also sent abusive emails to several barristers in the same period between March and November 2021.

This week, Tew (above) was found guilty of seven counts of sending an electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety, which sounds like the most 2026 charge ever.

He denied and was cleared of an additional count relating to former Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Funnily enough, Starmer and the other MPs never even got round to reading the abusive messages, as they were all intercepted by their staff.

Tew admitted six counts of failure to surrender himself to the court after he did not turn up for six of his court dates.

In the end, he received a sentence of 17 months in prison, suspended for two years, and four months of curfew at his home monitored by an electric tag.

Tew was also given a restraining order banning him from contacting the Prime Minister, three barristers, another MP and a Lord he had sent offensive messages to.

Stella Harris, defending, explained that Tew is autistic, and suffers from anxiety and a personality disorder, which may have contributed to his offences.

She added: ‘At the time of the offending Mr Tew was drinking too much. Since then he has cut back.’

Probably a good idea. Autism + anxiety + personality disorder + alcohol = a bad mix. I’m sure there are a lot of people who will agree with what Tew was saying, but at the end of the day, you can’t be sending death threats and abusive messages to politicians (or indeed anyone) in the year of our lord 2026.

Ultimately, Mr. Tew seems like a dumb, harmless troll, so let’s hope he has enough self-control to avoid sending Keir Starmer any emails for the next two years at least.

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