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Gillingham man jailed over racist Kemi Badenoch death threats
Kieran Kyle admitted sending racist threats and claims of IRA links in emails that left Badenoch and her husband distressed, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring sentenced Kieran Kyle to 20 weeks in prison after the 43-year-old pleaded guilty to sending racist threats to Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.
- Kyle sent the emails in early May 2026, the day Badenoch apologized for using 1972 Bloody Sunday footage in a social media clip criticizing the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.
- Kyle's emails included threats that Badenoch would get "a bullet in her head" if she visited Belfast, and he told her husband, Hamish, to "put a leash on her."
- District Judge Sam Goozee issued a five-year restraining order barring Kyle from contacting Badenoch, Hamish, or her parliamentary office, as victims stated the harassment undermined "a healthy democracy."
- Sentencing Kyle, Goozee warned that harassing elected officials damages public service and that abusing individuals based on race necessitates deterrent sentences to protect the democratic process.
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