Train driver was drinking almost a gallon of cider a day when he abused Rishi Sunak

A former train driver who told former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family to ‘watch their backs’ in a racially offensive letter has been spared jail. Stephen Burke, 68, was drinking up to seven pints of cider a night when he penned the racially offensive mail to 10 Downing Street on 9 November 2022. ‘It was intercepted by one of the mail security managers at Downing Street,’ said Andrew Moss, prosecuting. ‘We essentially know that the letter has been…

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