A Knightsbridge viscount has denied charges relating to alleged threatening Facebook posts in which Brexit campaigner Gina Miller was branded a "troublesome first generation immigrant".

Rhodri Philipps, 50, the 4th Viscount St Davids, is accused of writing the message just four days after Ms Miller won a landmark High Court challenge against the government last year.

The aristocrat is alleged to have posted on November 7: "£5,000 for the first person to 'accidentally' run over this bloody troublesome first generation immigrant."

The posts allegedly continued: "If this is what we should expect from immigrants, send them back to their stinking jungles."

During a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (May 2), Philipps, of Knightsbridge, central London, pleaded not guilty to three charges of making malicious communications, which also refer to a Luton family.

A series of conditions for his bail ahead of his trial this summer were read to the court. They included not contacting Ms Miller.

He will face trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 10.

Ms Miller spearheaded the legal challenge which eventually forced Theresa May to consult Parliament before beginning the formal process of leaving the EU.

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