Nuisance caller phoned Tory MP Mike Freer to breathe heavily at him

A nuisance caller who terrorised Tory MP Mike Freer was angry about living in sub-standard accommodation, a court heard. Mr Freer, MP for Finchley and Golders Green, announced he was stepping back from front-line politics after receiving a series of threatening calls from James Phillips, 46, on 31 January. Wearing a grey sweater and jeans Phillips admitted malicious communications and assaulting a police officer when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutor Adrita Ahmed said: ‘On the 31 January this…