By Press Association 2021
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
An ex-plumber has been sentenced for spitting at former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a “barrage of abuse” during the first wave of the pandemic.
Gerald Dore assaulted Mr Corbyn in the morning of May 20 last year while he was cycling with his wife Laura Alvarez.
Prosecutor Matt Barrowcliffe told Westminster Magistrates’ Court the Islington North MP had stopped at the corner of Seven Sisters Road, north London where Dore was waiting to cross.
Gesturing to let Dore cross, the 56-year-old swore at Mr Corbyn who said there was “no need to use that language” before the defendant continued.