向英國保守黨黨魁巴德諾赫發出種族歧視威脅的男子遭判刑

倫敦11月9日（路透社）——一名男子向英國在野保守黨黨魁凱米・巴德諾赫發出種族歧視威脅，週一被判處20週監禁。LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A man who sent racist threats to the leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail on Monday.

來自肯特郡、43歲的前教師基蘭・凱爾（Kieran Kyle），今年5月初向巴德諾赫寄出3封電子郵件，信中使用極具冒犯性的種族歧視言語，並威脅要殺害她。Kieran Kyle, a 43-year-old former teacher from Kent, sent three emails to Badenoch in early May this year using very offensive racist language and threatening to kill her.

幾天前，他也曾寄電子郵件給她的丈夫；她丈夫的電子郵件地址並未公開。他在信中使用另一個種族歧視用語，並稱她「嘴巴很大」，還說她丈夫應該「給她套上狗鍊」。他5月也另寄了第2封電子郵件給她的丈夫。Days earlier he had also emailed her husband, whose address is not in the public domain, using a different racist term and saying she had a "big mouth" and he should "put a leash on her". He also sent a second email to her husband in May.

現年46歲的巴德諾赫兩年前贏得黨魁選舉，成為首位領導英國主要政黨的黑人女性。Badenoch, 46, became the first Black woman to head a major British political party when she won a leadership contest two years ago.

地方法官山姆・古齊（Sam Goozee）在量刑意見中指出，巴德諾赫表示，這些罪行對她造成「深遠影響」，使她感到壓力，也為家人感到不安；她的丈夫則認為，訊息中的種族因素「尤其令人痛苦」。In sentencing remarks, district judge Sam Goozee noted that Badenoch said she had been "profoundly impacted" by the offences, which had caused her stress and alarm for her family, while her husband had found the racial element of the messages "particularly distressing".

古齊表示：「把電子郵件當作武器，用來恐嚇、辱罵或使民選官員陷入恐懼，會破壞民主程序。」「騷擾公共生活人士，特別是針對其宗教或種族者，必須預期會面臨具嚇阻性的刑罰。」"Weaponising emails to intimidate, abuse, or terrify elected officials undermines the democratic process," Goozee said. "People who harass individuals in public life and particularly targeting their religion or race must expect deterrent sentences."

凱爾9月已承認兩項發送猥褻或冒犯性質通訊內容的罪名。Kyle had pleaded guilty to two counts of sending communications of an indecent or offensive nature in September.

凱爾獲判後，巴德諾赫未立即回應媒體詢問。Badenoch did not immediately respond to a request for comment following Kyle's sentencing.

（莎拉・楊（Sarah Young）報導，山姆・塔巴赫里蒂（Sam Tabahriti）編輯）(Reporting by Sarah Young, editing by Sam Tabahriti)