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Greta Stonehouse

Ashby says Brian Burston was a 'text pest'

One Nation official James Ashby (left) says former senator Brian Burston was a coward and a pest. (AAP)

One Nation chief of staff James Ashby says Brian Burston was a coward and had become a "text pest" fixated on making his and Pauline Hanson's life miserable, a court was told.

Under cross-examination in the Federal Court on Tuesday, Mr Ashby said he received countless messages from Mr Burston after the senator left One Nation for the United Australia Party.

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