The Sender

An MP has accused police of giving the " Green Light " to internet trolls after an online complaint saw her subjected to a Social Services investigation.

Stella Creasy was told he would not face criminal sanctions as he was " entitled" to his view that her children should be taken into care.

The Labour MP for Walthamstow said The Man , from Leicester, disagreed with her campaign against misogyny.

Leicestershire Police said it gave him a community resolution.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4 's Today programme, Ms Creasy said The Man had initially emailed her office angry about The Work she was doing to tackle violence against women.

She ignored them as she gets " a lot of emails like that, lots of MPs do and you think people are entitled to their opinion".

She then received a call from Social Services informing her they had held a safeguarding investigation over an allegation her children were at " direct risk".

" I was horrified and humiliated, " She Said .

" My children now have a Social Services record and it sets the Green Light that in public life, you can target these children. I think Most People would think that's unacceptable. "

The Council , Waltham Forest, cleared Ms Creasy but it is legally prevented from removing the complaint from its record.

Leicestershire Police said it had investigated a " number of emails" sent to the MP and gave The Man a community resolution rather than a formal sanction because the messages did not meet the threshold for a criminal offence.

It said the content of the messages had " understandably caused upset and distress" to the MP and officers had spoken to The Sender who admitted he was responsible and apologised.

Ms Creasy said she was not " pushing for a prosecution" but for a caution as that would have meant The Details would have gone into The Police intelligence database.

" Having worked on harassment legislation myself, the irony is not lost on me that one of The Challenges we've been trying to raise in tackling harassment against women, is the attitude of The Police and that's exactly what I experienced, " She Said .

Ms Creasy added she was " passionate about safeguarding" and " we can't have The System corrupted in this way".

The MP also voiced concerns that instances like this were " damaging the whole of public life".

She Said MPs did not want to be " put into glass cages" but This Was " The Reason why a lot of women are put off" standing to be an MP as it is " women who are targeted".

" It's not a matter of free speech, The Police acted As If his free speech to argue without any evidence at All - he'd never met me, seen my children, he'd never been in a room With Us ; he simply disagreed with my views.

" That can't stand in a thriving democracy because it's going to drive people out of it. "

The Force said there had been no report of further unwanted contact.

A spokesman said: " Leicestershire Police takes any report of harassment extremely seriously and will carry out a full investigation into The Report and take the appropriate action.

" The Force remains fully committed to keeping women and girls safe, listening to concerns and tackling violence. "

Waltham Forest Council said: " All safeguarding allegations are dealt with In Line with The National legislation. We have a duty to treat each case seriously and ensure the statutory process is followed. "

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