Priti Patel and Keir Starmer targeted in hate emails

An accused cyber menace accused of sending obscene emails to former Home Secretary Priti Patel and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also sent offensive messages to a barrister, a court heard. Mark Tew, 60, faces six charges of sending communications to the high-profile politicians ‘for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety’ during 2021. ‘The Crown proposes to add counts involving a different victim who is a member of the bar’, said Denis Barry, prosecuting at Southwark crown court. He…