Simon Parry is said to have 'persistently followed' the Conservative MP earlier this year and is accused of threatening to arrest him.
has said he felt "incredibly threatened" by an alleged stalker who followed him on two occasions and threatened to arrest the MP, a court has heard.The 45-year-old is also accused of impersonating a police officer, flashing what Sir Gavin said appeared to be a warrant card, and making comments about arresting him.While giving evidence aton Wednesday 18 October, Sir Gavin stated that Parry began following him along streets in Whitehall on two occasions.
"People are often approaching you with concerns they want to discuss done in a very different manner to that. You felt as if this was part of intimidation or sort of trying to make a publicity work or something along those lines." He added: "Why should I, you know, not do what I thought was my job because this very aggressive person was harassing me and pursuing me?"The politician then went on to explain to the court how he believed Parry flashed a warrant card and spoke about arresting him."I can hear constant references to police, police, police, and saying about arresting me and at this stage the defendant then shows what looks like a police a Metropolitan Police badge, but it was just a crest.
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