Tearful Penny Mordaunt ‘feared for her safety after stalker jumped office barrier’

Ex-MP 'bombarded with emails and calls'

- BY CHARLIE BRADLEY

DAME Penny Mordaunt sobbed in court yesterday as she claimed an infatuated stalker had bombarded her with emails and calls - and even jumped over the security barrier at her office.

The former House of Commons leader, 52, tearfully told a jury that Edward Brandt, 60, had left her “feeling very vulnerable”.

The former MP said Brandt, a Conservative Party member, tried to form a “personal relationship” with her as he allegedly subjected her to a campaign of stalking.

Brandt allegedly ignored a police warning and continued.

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He also said he wanted to shake her “precious and gold-plated hand” to praise her for her work, prosecutors said.

Brandt jumped the barrier at her office and Ms Mordaunt had to bolster her security, it was heard.

Ms Mordaunt appeared at Southampton Crown Court, where she was left in tears explaining how “drained” she felt.