Overview

• Hunter is accused of three counts of sending offensive communications to campaigner Heidi Bachram on X last August and September, including a computer-generated sexual image and tweets containing antisemitic language.
• Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram issued a bench warrant after Hunter failed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as scheduled on May 30.
• The prosecution is now set for July 7 and court officials plan to serve Hunter with the summons at his London gig on July 6.
• The Campaign Against Antisemitism charity is bringing the private prosecution as part of its efforts to enforce antisemitism laws through education and legal action.
• Stephen Silverman, the group’s director of investigations and enforcement, said this case is one of several private prosecutions the organisation intends to pursue.