Sunday 20 September 2015

Harassement Charge Against Former UKIP Researcher Dropped

A former researcher for UKIP MEP Gerard Batten, who was charged with harassing him on Twitter, had the case against her dropped this week.

Divorced mum-of-two Jasna Badzak, 43, of Russell's Wharf Flats, Harrow was due to stand trial at City of London Magistrates Court.

She had been charged with one count of harassment without violence between May 5 and September 4, last year by posting comments on Twitter in relation to Mr. Batten, 60.

The former British Telecom salesman was a founding member of UKIP in September, 1993 and is a London representative, residing in Forest Gate, east London.

Ms Badzak fled war-torn Yugoslavia twenty years ago and her relatives died in Nazi concentration camps.

It is believed her relationship with Mr. Batten deteriorated when asked to work on policy document entitled: 'Dismantling Multiculturalism' in February, 2011.

She was convicted of forgery and fraud and received twelve months imprisonment, suspended for two years, in October, 2013

Mr. Batten offered her a second three-month contract, but not a third and was taken to Employment Tribunal, which Badzak lost.

She reported Mr. Batten to the police for fraud, but it was decided there was no evidence to investigate further.

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