Woman Admits Assaulting Nigel Farage With Milkshake Hurl

Published on October 21, 2024

A woman pleaded guilty on Monday to assault by beating after throwing a milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage outside a pub in Clacton-on-Sea during the general election campaign. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, also admitted criminal damage totalling £17.50 to the jacket of Farage’s security officer, James Woolfenden. Farage, who is now MP for Clacton, was doused with the liquid and hit by the cup after Thomas Bowen threw it as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in the Essex seaside town on June 4. He had earlier addressed supporters at a rally during the general election campaign and was left with the yellow liquid splattered across his dark blue suit....