Man jailed for stalking Labour MP

A man has been jailed for stalking a Labour MP. Benjamin Scott-Thrale, 32, first contacted the City of Chester MP, Samantha Dixon, to request help with a family problem in June 2023.

The restraining order says Scott-Thrale must not enter the grounds or the area around the House of Commons, post, publish or distribute anything digitally or physically referencing or relating to Samantha Dixon or members of her staff, attend any place or location he knows or ought to know Samantha Dixon to be, contact, approach or follow Samantha Dixon, by any means, including via third parties and social media, or enter The Bluecoat Centre in Chester.

Dissatisfied with the response, Scott-Thrale began making multiple attempts to contact the victim via calls and emails, demanding that she intervene in his situation. His contact continued to be of a threatening nature towards his MP, resulting in him being spoken to by officers in August 2023 and warned to cease all attempts to contact, but he was not deterred.

Despite Scott-Thrale admitting all of the attempts to contact the victim, he plead not guilty to the charge of stalking. Despite his denial, Warrington Magistrates Court found him guilty. “Instead of expressing appreciation for her and her team’s time and efforts trying their best to assist him, Scott-Thrale chose to view this as an injustice against him, and embarked upon a campaign of abuse, bombarding her with emails, calls, and turning up at her office.

Senior Crown Prosecutor Simon Green, of CPS Mersey Cheshire, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service said that Benjamin Scott-Thrale pursued a deliberate and persistent campaign of stalking and harassment against his local MP when he realised she couldn’t give him what he wanted.

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