Pensioner who sent Greater Manchester MP Angela Rayner vile abusive email learns fate in court

A pensioner who sent a 'vile and abusive email' to Angela Rayner calling her an 'ugly menopausal pig' has been fined £700. It comes after the Ashton-under-Lyne MP was forced to appeal a decision not to prosecute the man.

The 'highly offensive' message was sent to 43-year-old Ms Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, by David Perry. In the email, the 66-year-old made crude and offensive references to Ms Rayner’s appearance and accused her of being a 'puppet of the industrial military complex.'

He also referenced a Mail on Sunday article which suggested Ms Rayner had crossed and uncrossed her legs to distract Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions.

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Perry wrote: "Please get off the news channels and go get a job in a fish factory." The email also stated: "Do you really think anybody would be interested in an ugly menopausal pig like you? With your sad old m****, which you could throw a kipper up, typical career politician, useless, no experience, no qualifications."

The email, which was sent to the constituency mailbox of Ms Rayner, was traced back to Perry and he was arrested by Greater Manchester Police in July 2022. In police interview, Perry accepted that the email address was his but denied sending the email and instead claimed he had been hacked. However, he was unable to produce any evidence to support his claims that his Wi-Fi or IT systems had been hacked by a third party.

The prosecution came after Ms Rayner requested a victim’s right to review (VRR) after an initial decision was made not to prosecute the