A ranting racist who urged staff at the Treasury to kill former minister Sajid Javid has been jailed.
Kestutis Cesna, 46, bombarded the government department with 22 emails using offensive terms to express political views.
In one message on May 19, 2018, he urged staff to remove Mr Javid from his job as home secretary.
The email read: ‘You need to sack Javid. Kill him if he resists.’
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It was reported to Nottinghamshire Police and Cesna denied wrongdoing.
But the Lithuanian was found guilty after a trial of sending an article with an indecent or offensive message and sending an article with a threatening message. He was jailed for three months.
Outside Nottingham crown court, chief inspector Amy English said: ‘I am pleased that Cesna has been held accountable.
‘We will continue to take a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of hate crime.’
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