Overview

• Ayeshah Behit, 31, and Hiba Ahmed, 26, were found guilty of harassment for following and shouting at Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones during her June 2024 campaign stop in Treforest
• Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring issued a 12-month conditional discharge for Ahmed and an 18-month conditional discharge for Behit, ordering each to pay £650 in costs plus a £26 court surcharge
• Davies-Jones told the court she felt terrified as the activists accused her of supporting genocide and plastered her campaign vehicle and office with provocative posters and stickers
• The judge ruled the defendants’ actions went beyond legitimate political scrutiny and were designed to cause alarm and distress, forcing the minister to curb her canvassing and seek protection
• Both Behit and Ahmed have stated they will appeal their convictions, asserting their actions were intended to spotlight the minister’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict