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BBC News Published image copyrightUK Parliament image captionThe court was told Ms Pow was so alarmed by Mr Kirks behaviour she installed sensors around her home An MP feared her alleged stalker had sent her anthrax via letters from prison, a court was told. Taunton Deane Conservative MP Rebecca Pow said she noticed white powder all over her hands as she sifted through the papers sent to her by Maurice Kirk in May 2019. Ms Pow said she was "deeply worried, rushed to the kitchen sink and washed ...

Last modified on Tue 11 May 2021 00.10 EDT A former vet stalked a Conservative MP for more than a year and sent a letter containing white powder to her home, a jury has heard. Maurice Kirk, 76, was apparently upset at what he regarded as Rebecca Pow’s failure to help him in a legal battle against South Wales police. Kirk claimed Pow, the MP for Taunton Deane, had not answered his letters and phone calls over the case, Exeter crown court was told. He posted a blog on his website which showed h...

BBC News Published image copyrightUK Parliament image captionThe court was told Ms Pow was so alarmed by Mr Kirks behaviour she installed sensors around her home A 76-year-old man has appeared in court accused of stalking his MP and sending her a letter with white powder on it. Exeter Crown Court heard Maurice Kirk contacted Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow asking for help in suing the police in a long-running legal battle. The contact triggered a campaign of harassment, the Crown alleges that also...

Rebecca Pow: Taunton MP allegedly stalked and sent white powder by fixated constituent Maurice Kirk denies the charges Updated SIGN UP NOW When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A man has gone on trial accused of stalking Somerset MP Rebecca Pow during a campaign of harassment which included sending ...

ACCUSED: Maurice Kirk, who denies stalking Rebecca Pow A STALKER left Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow fearful for her safety after posting a letter containing a white powder to her home, a court has heard. Former vet Maurice Kirk also allegedly uploaded a picture of himself carrying a shotgun with two photos of Ms Pow underneath, it is alleged. Exeter Crown Court was told that Kirk was upset with the Conservative MP at her failure to help him in a long-running legal battle with South Wales P...

Winchester Crown Court. Inset, cannabis A DRUG dealer who was caught with over £7,000 hidden in his underpants has avoided an immediate prison sentence. David Hirons was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on the A34 on December 23, 2019, and police instantly smelt cannabis. Hirons and the driver admitted to using the drug. Winchester Crown Court heard on Thursday that cannabis and another drug was found in the side pocket of the vehicle – each weighed about a gram. Officers carried out...

Winchester Crown Court. Inset, cannabis A DRUG dealer who was caught with over £7,000 hidden in his underpants has avoided an immediate prison sentence. David Hirons was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on the A34 on December 23, 2019, and police instantly smelt cannabis. Hirons and the driver admitted to using the drug. Winchester Crown Court heard on Thursday that cannabis and another drug was found in the side pocket of the vehicle – each weighed about a gram. Officers carried out a...

Swindon Magistrates Court A Swindon man has denied trying to get a 13-year-old girl to perform a sex act on a dog. Trevor Fernandes, 36, is also accused of pressuring the girl, who is based in America, to film herself performing sex acts on herself and a younger child. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court via video link from HMP Bullingdon, Fernandes, formerly of Dixon Street, pleaded not guilty to seven charges of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, six counts of t...

1/1 A SOUTHAMPTON man accused of manufacturing guns and explosives had an instruction manual at his home, a court heard. When police searched Pascal Knorr-Gulde’s home in Bond Road they found homemade gun parts, chemicals for making explosives and a workshop, a jury was told. The 48-year-old is facing charges of possessing a prohibited weapon, attempting to manufacture a firearm, attempting to manufacture explosives and two counts of possessing explosives. Defended, by B...