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A man has been charged with the racially aggravated harassment of Liverpool MP Luciana Berger .

Joshua Bonehill-Paine allegedly harassed the Labour politician, the shadow minister for mental health, between October 2014 and January 2015 using social media.

The Met Police said that Bonehill-Paine is accused of sending “malicious communications to a Member of Parliament via social media network”.

A spokesman said: “Joshua Bonehill-Paine of HMP Wayland was charged on June 14 with racially or religiously aggravated offence of harassment (non-violent) committed between October 26 2014 and January 25 2015.

“It is alleged that the offences are racially or religiously aggravated.”

A court date has not yet been set.

In January 2013, Merseyside music promoter, Philip Hayes, was convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence and fined £120 after an antisemitic tirade against Berger at the Liverpool Music Awards.

Fascist Garron Helm was imprisoned for four weeks after sending an anti-Semitic tweet to Berger in August 2014.