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17.05.2022 - 10:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Three people have appeared in court after being accused of verbally abusing former Conservatives leader Iain Duncan Smith at a party conference in Manchester last year.
Radical Haslam, 28, is accused of hurling foul mouthed expletives at the former Work and Pensions Secretary at the event last October. Ruth Wood, 50, from Cambridge, is said to have told the former Tory leader to ‘f*** off out of Manchester’ before calling him a ‘c***.’
Elliot Bovill, 31, is accused of assaulting the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green by putting a traffic cone on his head before running off. He denied one count of common assault.
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Appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday (May 16), Haslam, of Manchester, and Wood both denied one count of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour with intent to cause Mr Duncan Smith serious alarm, harassment or distress.
They had originally been charged with using threatening or abusive words or behaviour “with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence” but the charge was amended before the hearing.
Haslam, who has long hair and was dressed in a dark purple jacket and black trousers, Wood, who has purple hair and was dressed in a leather jacket and black top and trousers, and Bovill, dressed in a white shirt and black waistcoat, all appeared to plead separately to the charges.
Sudara Weerasena, prosecuting, told the court that on October 4 last year Iain Duncan Smith left his hotel with his wife and friend and was followed by a group of protestors when the verbal abuse began.
Haslam’s lawyer Katrina Walcott said her client is expected to defend
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