British peer gets 12 weeks in jail for racist threat to Brexit challenger

By Alistair SmoutLONDON (Reuters) - A British aristocrat was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison on Thursday for racially aggravated threats to a woman who mounted a legal challenge to the government's plans to trigger Brexit.Rhodri Philipps, who inherited the title viscount from his father, offered 5,000 pounds on Facebook to anyone who "accidentally" ran over Gina Miller, whom he described as a "bloody troublesome first generation immigrant".Miller received death threats after her campaign to forc