Man who despatched ‘we’re after you’ observe to Rishi Sunak pictured strolling free from courtroom | UK | News | EUROtoday

A person who despatched a threatening letter to Rishi Sunak has been pictured for the primary time.

Stephen Burke, walked free from Westminster Magistrates’ Court at this time after receiving an 18-month neighborhood order having beforehand pleading responsible to sending an offensive letter to the previous Prime Minister.

Burke, 67, of Clacton in Essex, despatched a observe which included racial slurs and warned Mr Sunak’s household to “watch your backs”.

The letter, despatched on November 11, 2022, additionally mentioned: “We’re after you” and “We’ve had enough”.

Sundeep Pankhania, defending, beforehand mentioned Burke wrote the letter whereas “in drink” and it was by no means learn by Mr Sunak as a result of it was intercepted by a safety officer.

“[Burke] was clouded by the severe depression that he was suffering at the time,” Mr Pankhania informed the courtroom.

“[The letter] could have caused substantial distress… but certainly didn’t cause any major disruption,” he added.

According to the cost, Burke, who’s 67, despatched a letter “which conveyed a message which was indecent or grossly offensive for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety to the recipient or to any other person to whom you intended that it or its contents or nature should be communicated”.

A decide beforehand informed Burke he was “not ruling out” a custodial sentence.