Man guilty of harassing MP Stella Creasy on Tube train

A 63-year-old man has been found guilty of harassing the Labour MP for Walthamstow after preventing her from leaving a Tube carriage and behaving in an "abusive and aggressive" manner.

Clifford Wilby, from east London, targeted Stella Creasy on a Victoria line train between Walthamstow Central and Finsbury Park on 15 July last year.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard how Wilby spoke to Creasy about knife crime and her "failings as a Member of Parliament" before filming her, leading to members of the public intervening.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram found Wilby guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

Wilby and Creasy first met during a Zoom meeting in 2024 as part of her role as an MP.

She said he started to make a complaint about a constituent and she reminded him that she could not discuss somebody else's case.

Creasy said he had "made a series of very serious allegations", became abusive and "referred to the fact he had been diagnosed as a psychopath".

On 15 July last year, Creasy made eye contact with Wilby on a Victoria line train.