A woman who tried to summon her MP to court has been jailed for harassment.

Tracey Smith, who is a trans woman, sent Solicitor General Ellie Reeves 22 emails and 10 voicemails calling her “transphobic” and accusing her older sister – Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves – of physically assaulting her at a buffet bar.

Smith used phrases including “a person is dangerous when they have nothing to lose”, “be warned”, and “bullets will be flying around”.

The 58-year-old was sentenced to 26 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay costs of £650 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

District Judge Michael Snow also ordered a restraining order without time limit to be imposed.

Smith had persuaded a county court to issue a witness summons to Ms Reeves, which the MP was able to avoid

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