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Hooper, R., & Hennessey, T. (2026, September 22). Ex-IRA soldier threatened to shoot Kemi Badenoch dead in series of racist emails which left Tory party leader and her husband 'very upset', court told. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16151095/Ex-IRA-soldier-threatened-shoot-Kemi-Badenoch-dead-series-racist-emails-left-Tory-party-leader-husband-upset-court-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
Hooper, Ryan, and Ted Hennessey. “Ex-IRA soldier threatened to shoot Kemi Badenoch dead in series of racist emails which left Tory party leader and her husband 'very upset', court told.” Daily Mail, 22 Sept. 2026, https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16151095/Ex-IRA-soldier-threatened-shoot-Kemi-Badenoch-dead-series-racist-emails-left-Tory-party-leader-husband-upset-court-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
Hooper, Ryan, and Ted Hennessey. “Ex-IRA soldier threatened to shoot Kemi Badenoch dead in series of racist emails which left Tory party leader and her husband 'very upset', court told.” Daily Mail, September 22, 2026. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16151095/Ex-IRA-soldier-threatened-shoot-Kemi-Badenoch-dead-series-racist-emails-left-Tory-party-leader-husband-upset-court-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
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An alleged former IRA member, Kieran Kyle, 43, from Gillingham in Kent, sent multiple threatening and racist emails to Tory Party leader Kemi Badenoch and her husband, leaving them "distressed" and "very upset." In one of the emails dated May 2, Kyle wrote: “When I was in the IRA I would have shot you f** dead.” The court heard that on April 29, Kyle also sent an email to Mrs. Badenoch's husband using a racist term and stating she had a "big mouth" and should be put under control. Prosecutors at Westminster Magistrates' Court said Kyle faces potential prison time after pleading guilty to two counts of sending communications that are indecent or offensive. The threats came amid discussions about the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which Mrs. Badenoch had criticized on social media a day before Kyle first contacted her.