A Leeds man has been fined after he sent racist tweets to an MP.
Glenn Broadbent, 62, targeted MP David Lammy in a series of vicious tweets on August 2, 2020, which started: "Are you hanging off a tree monkey boy? You will hang from a lamppost if you're not careful."
Broadbent, of Greenside Road, Lower Wortley in Leeds was charged with sending by means of a public electronic communications network a message which was grossly offensive and sending by means of a public electronic communications network a message which was menacing, contrary to the Communications Act 2003.
