{"id":198580,"date":"2024-12-19T18:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T18:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/man-admits-threatening-to-kill-bishop-auckland-mp-sam-rushworth\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T18:24:07","slug":"man-admits-threatening-to-kill-bishop-auckland-mp-sam-rushworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/man-admits-threatening-to-kill-bishop-auckland-mp-sam-rushworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Man admits threatening to kill Bishop Auckland MP Sam Rushworth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Benjamin Clarke will be sentenced in January at Durham Crown Court<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A man has admitted threatening to kill his MP after saying he wanted to lock him in a building and set fire to it.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Clarke, 31, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. <\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to making threats to kill MP Sam Rushworth, and a malicious communications offence.<\/p>\n

Clarke, of Durham Street, was granted bail with the condition he must not contact the Labour MP ahead of his sentencing on 16 January at Durham Crown Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sara Kemp, prosecuting, said Clarke contacted the MP in August on social media, saying: “I cannot wait for your next public appearance, you will be lucky to leave it in one piece.”<\/p>\n

Rushworth then blocked him, preventing any further malicious communications offences, Ms Kemp said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The following month, Clarke told two mental health practitioners he wanted to find the MP and smash his head off a pavement, to set fire to a building he was in and then “lock all the doors so I could hear him screaming”.<\/p>\n

Clarke added: “I’m going to do it, it’s just a matter of time.”<\/p>\n

Ms Kemp said the MP had made a victim statement and was particularly concerned for the safety of his family.<\/p>\n

Amrit Jandoo, defending, said Clarke had no political views or malice towards Rushworth, “but it is quite clear he has taken umbrage against the MP”.<\/p>\n

He asked for a pre-sentence report to be made before Clarke’s crown court appearance.<\/p>\n

Mr Jandoo said his client had a history of mental health treatment.<\/p>\n

He added: “He would fully accept that his behaviour on these occasions has been very poor.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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