# Liam Byrne feared attack after constituent overturned surgery gazebo in Birmingham

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labour-mp-said-he-feared-the-worst-during-angry-confrontation-with-constituent-which-left-him-thinking-of-murdered-parliamentary-colleagues-including-jo-cox/
- Published: 2026-10-25T17:13:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T17:22:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16230859/Labour-MP-angry-confrontation-constituent-left-thinking-murdered-parliamentary-colleagues-Jo-Cox.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Liam Byrne said he feared the confrontation could turn violent.
- Kevin Sullivan was found guilty after overturning a campaign gazebo.
- Byrne now needs two security officers at constituency surgeries.

## Summary

Labour MP Liam Byrne told Walsall Magistrates’ Court he feared an attack during a confrontation with constituent Kevin Sullivan at an outdoor surgery in Birmingham. He said the encounter brought to mind murdered and injured parliamentary colleagues, including Jo Cox, and left him and his team deeply shaken.

The court heard Sullivan overturned the group’s gazebo and made angry remarks about mosques and grooming gangs as Byrne’s team packed up. Sullivan, 52, was found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaving disorderly to cause harassment, alarm or distress, after a trial lasting less than two hours. Byrne said he now needs two security officers at constituency surgeries.

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