Point of law

James Goddard points at a police officer as he arrives at court where he pleaded guilty to harassing MP Anna Soubry by calling her a “traitor” and a “Nazi”. Goddard admitted a charge of harassment without violence outside the Houses of Parliament in January, above. At Westminster magistrates’ court yesterday, he also pleaded guilty to one count of racially harassing Pc Mindaugas Sciukas. Goddard, of Timperley in Altrincham, was thrown out of court during a previous case management hearing last month after interrupting the judge. Ms Soubry, a member of the Change UK party after defecting from the Tories in February, was expected to give evidence at the hearing but did not take the stand because of the guilty plea. Goddard had previously denied any wrongdoing, insisting it was “fair comment”.