Court Quashes Former Tory MP Bob Stewart’s Conviction for Racially Aggravated Offence

Bob Stewart had told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to ‘go back to Bahrain’ during a row.

Former Tory MP Bob Stewart, 74, speaks outside Southwark Crown Court, south London, on Feb. 23, 2024. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Politician Bob Stewart has had his conviction for a racially aggravated public order offence quashed at Southwark Crown Court.

Mr. Stewart, MP for Beckenham in south-east London, told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to “go back to Bahrain” during a row outside the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in Westminster on Dec. 14 last year.