Clacton

The 17-year-old, from Clacton, in Essex, was a "lost and troubled kid", having grown up without a dad.

Farage was elected MP for Clacton in north-east Essex in July - winning the seat from the Conservatives.

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, from Clacton, admitted assault by beating and criminal damage at a previous hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Farage was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub on Clacton seafront when he was attacked.

Farage, the MP for Clacton and party leader, has stood by his colleague and on Thursday he said McMurdock did something "really awful a long time ago".