Miller felt ‘violated’ after viscount’s post

RACHAEL BURNETT

grant Gina Miller”. Philipps, of Knightsbridge, London, is on trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for three counts of sending menacing messages on a public electronic communications network.

In another post, in response to a news article about an immigrant, he wrote: “Please will someone ‘smoke’ this ghastly insult to our country. Why should I pay tax to feed these monkeys.”

Ms Miller, 52, said she found his comments about her “genuinely shocking” and felt “violated”.

“She was extremely concerned that someone would threaten to have her run over for a bounty,” prosecutor Philip Stott said in opening.

Ms Miller spearheaded the legal challenge that forced Theresa May to consult Parliament before beginning the formal process of leaving the EU.