DiscoverChopper's Political Podcast | GB NewsEpisode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP
Episode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP

Episode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP

Update: 2025-05-30
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The Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of pursuing a "political" prosecution by former Conservative politician Bob Stewart who was found guilty over racist comments, and then won on appeal.


The legal battle was triggered when Stewart - at the time the MP for Beckenham in south-east London - told an activist to “go back to Bahrain” during a confrontation in central London.


Stewart told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei “you’re taking money off my country, go away” during an argument outside the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in Westminster.


Stewart, a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia who was MP for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024, was then found guilty in November 2023 for a racially aggravated public order offence.


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Episode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP

Episode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP