CROWN prosecutors have been ordered to pay compensation to independent left MP Claudia Webbe for misleading statements made in the light of a court case.

The Independent Assessor of Complaints (IAC) has ruled that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) must compensate Ms Webbe for false reporting of a court’s findings, which led to threats and a flood of hate speech.

The CPS falsely told the media that the court had said it “could not be sure” that Ms Webbe had made an acid threat to another woman, when the court had said it was sure that she had not made such a threat.

Ms Webbe said: “The actions of the CPS have contributed to me receiving constant death threats, silent calls, vile online social media abuse.

“The claim was one of a series of lies told about me by my accuser in a case where the Metropolitan Police also eventually admitted withholding a large amount of evidence that was in my favour.

“The damage done to me politically and professionally is enormous.

“I believe the actions of the CPS were political, because I am on the left, and their actions were motivated by racism and sexism.

“This is yet another example of the difficulty that black people face in obtaining justice in a system stacked against them.

“The CPS continued to run its false reporting about me for a considerable length of time after the court case.

“I believe this was done to cause me maximum hurt and harm and, as I told the IAC, has inflicted on me perpetual anxiety, stress and poor health that has felt like a slow death."

The CPS said it has apologised to Ms Webbe for information in a press release which was not properly corrected and agreed to make a goodwill payment of £100.