Nigel Farage has hit out at “two-tier justice” after a woman who threw a milkshake over him avoided jail.

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, hurled the milkshake outside a pub in Clacton-on-Sea during the general election campaign. The OnlyFans model was sentenced to 13 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, after admitting assault at Westminster magistrates’ court.

In a post on social media after the sentencing, Mr Farage, the Reform UK leader, wrote: “We now live in a country where you can assault a member of Parliament and not go to prison. The latest example of two-tier justice.”

Before he sentenced Thomas Bowen, Judge Ikram said: “In recent months, I have dealt with several cases of unlawful attacks on politicians, whether online or physical. This is a dangerous trend.

“This was an attack on a parliamentary candidate campaigning for election – but this was not just an attack on him, but in my judgment an attack on our parliamentary democracy. The risks of face-to-face engagement with the public are just too clear, bearing in mind the murders of two other Members of Parliament in recent years.

“A clear message must go out – public debate must not be shut down by criminality such as this.”