Conservative MP Bob Stewart has been found guilty of a racially aggravated public order offense. He had an altercation with activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei outside the Foreign Office's Lancaster House in Westminster, during which Stewart told Alwadaei to "go back to Bahrain" and accused him of taking money from the country.
The court found that Stewart demonstrated racial hostility through his comments. He was fined £600 and ordered to pay £835 in legal costs.
Some political figures have called for the removal of the Conservative whip from Stewart, while the Conservative Party did not comment on the matter. The Crown Prosecution Service emphasized that hatred has no place in society and will prosecute hate crimes.
Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei called the verdict a "significant step towards accountability"