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A woman who admitted to assault by beating after throwing a milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage could be jailed for up to six months.
Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, hurled a cup containing the liquid at the politician outside a pub in Clacton-on-Sea during the general election campaign.
Mr Farage, who is now MP for Clacton, was covered in the milkshake and hit by the cup after it was thrown as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in the Essex seaside town on June 4.
Thomas Bowen, who is an OnlyFans model, admitted the offence and criminal damage at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in October.
She will be sentenced at the same court on Monday.
The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to causing £17.50 of damage to a jacket belonging to Mr Farage’s security officer, James Woolfenden.
Victoria Thomas Bowen leaving Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 21 (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Mr Farage had been addressing supporters at a rally during the general election campaign and was left with the yellow liquid splattered across his dark blue suit.
In a witness statement read out in court in October, he said he was not injured but “this incident caused me concern as I have only been going about my job” and that he tries to “have as much public engagement as possible”.
“I’m saddened that this has happened at a public campaign,” he added.
Thomas Bowen was arrested shortly after the incident and told police in interview that she saw a post online advertising Mr Farage’s attendance that day, the court heard.
She told officers she “does not agree with his political views”.
The maximum sentence for assault by beating is 26 weeks’ imprisonment.