Tory MP Bob Stewart to appeal against racial abuse conviction

Activist who was told to ‘go back to Bahrain’ says he has received police notice of Beckenham MP’s intention

Bob Stewart, the MP found guilty of racially abusing an activist, is to appeal against his conviction, the Guardian has learned.

Stewart was found guilty this month of a racially aggravated public order offence after a confrontation last year with Sayed Alwadaei, the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, outside the Bahraini embassy in London.