MP for Beckenham appears in court on charge related to confrontation with Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei

The Conservative MP Bob Stewart has pleaded not guilty to racially abusing a man he allegedly told to “go back to Bahrain”.

The MP for Beckenham in south-east London is alleged to have told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei during an angry confrontation on 14 December last year to “get stuffed” and said he was “taking money off my country”.

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