"Ms Rayner said she still could not bring herself to listen to the recording. However, she had been told by her office manager that the threats were made with malice, she said. She said she found the behaviour unacceptable and felt distressed and alarmed by the threats."
"Prosecutor Olivia Grist said the voicemails called Ms Rayner a filthy whore and a slag. Another said you don't know what is coming to you. Harker also previously pleaded guilty to an offence of sending a communication with an indecent or offensive message."
"She was caught on a Ring security doorbell posting the offensive letter to the Luton home of Dorris Fortune on 2 November. Harker was seen leaving the handwritten note, containing abusive language, at the door before running away, Ms Grist said. It included slurs and comments such as paedo and drop dead scrounge."
Elizabeth Harker, 63, from Luton, left four abusive voicemails threatening Angela Rayner and her son on her constituency office line on 5 September 2025, the day Rayner resigned from Cabinet over a stamp duty issue. Rayner stated in a victim impact statement that she found the behaviour unacceptable and felt distressed and alarmed, with the threats causing stress and anxiety to her family and staff. Harker pleaded guilty to sending grossly offensive and menacing communications. Additionally, Harker admitted to posting an offensive handwritten letter to another resident, Dorris Fortune, on 2 November, captured on a Ring doorbell camera, containing abusive language and slurs.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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