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Vile Twitter trolls have subjected a MP to a barrage of more than 600 messages about rape in just one night.

Earlier this year, Labour MP Jess Phillips revealed she was sexually assaulted as a teenager.

The MP for Yardley in Birmingham has become a target for trolls after exposing tweets from people “threatening to rape” her last year.

She has since launched a campaign to end "sexist bullying" online, reports the Birmingham Mail.

This time, she spoke out being barraged with responses after replying to a poster who announced “I wouldn’t even rape you”.

She tweeted: “To see the attack of a pack on here check out my mentions 600 odd notifications talking about my rape in one night.

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"I think twitter is dead.”

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Birmingham’s newest MP has become a regular target for trolls on social media.

Last October, she received a barrage of disparaging tweets and messages threatening to rape her after she appeared in a backbench business committee where the Conservative MP Philip Davies called for a House of Commons debate on International Men’s Day.

At the time, she posted: “Today my son is 7. I’m glad he is not old enough to go on internet and find all the people threatening to rape me.”

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The Mail reported in February Ms Phillips was the victim of a sexual assault as a young woman.

She was pinned to a wall in a bar at the age of 19 by a man who put his hand up her skirt, the MP said.

She slapped her assailant in the face – only to be thrown out of the bar for defending herself.