The court heard Stewart replied: “You’re taking money off my country, go away,” and also said to Mr Alwadaei: “Go back to Bahrain.”
During the trial, the MP called the allegation of racism “deeply hurtful”, and said “Go back to Bahrain” meant “Why don’t you go back to Bahrain and make your point there?”.
Judge Goldspring found the MP guilty, and said: “I accept he is not racist per se, but that is not the case against him.
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