Victoria Thomas Bowen avoids jail after throwing milkshake at Nigel Farage in Clacton during election campaign
A woman has avoided jail after throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage during his general election campaign in Clacton-on-Sea.
Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, was sentenced to 13 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months.
She had hurled the drink at the Reform UK MP, 60, as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in the Essex town on 4 June.
She pleaded guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage at Westminster Magistrates Court on 21 October, where deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram also handed down her sentence on Monday.
Thomas Bowen, who is an OnlyFans model, was arrested shortly after the incident. She told police she saw a post online advertising Mr Farage’s rally in her hometown that day, the court heard previously.
She told officers she “does not agree with his political views” and when she saw him leaving the pub, decided to act because she “had the opportunity”.
The criminal damage to the jacket Mr Farage’s security officer James Woolfenden was wearing amounted to £17.50, the court was told.
Thomas Bowen was ordered to pay Mr Woolfenden the £17.50 compensation, as well as £154 in a victim surcharge to Mr Farage and £450 in costs.
She will also have to complete 12 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 120 hours of unpaid work.
In a victim impact statement read out in court, Mr Farage said he “felt humiliated” by the incident as it was “broadcast on national and international media”.
He added that he was “deeply thoughtful for some time afterwards that next time it may not be a milkshake” and said the incident is part of “a growing security concern”.
“I’m saddened that this has happened at a public campaign,” he added.
Mr Farage, who is now the leader of his party, went on to win the Clacton-on-Sea seat from the Conservative incumbent Giles Watling.
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