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Kieran Kyle, a former teacher from Gillingham in Kent, pleaded guilty to sending racist emails to Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader. The emails were sent on May 2 and claimed that Badenoch would get 'a bullet in her head' if she went to Belfast.

The first email was sent to Badenoch on April 29, which used a racist term and said she had a 'big mouth'.

Prosecutor Ben Holt said Kyle did not know who Badenoch was at the time of the offences, but he only realised later that he had sent the emails.

The Badenochs said in their victim impact statement: 'Our primary concern arising from this offence is not the personal impact on us, but the wider consequences that malicious communications and targeted harassment have on our democratic life. 'They added that public service relies on people being willing to step forward, often at significant personal cost, to represent their communities and contribute to public life.

'Increasingly, however, those who do so face hostility, harassment, and attempts to silence or intimidate them. 'The judge also handed Kyle a restraining order, meaning he cannot contact Badenoch, her husband or her parliamentary office for five years.

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