[1][2] At the time of his death, he was a lecturer in Romantic and Victorian literature at Northumbria University and a director of Labour Against Antisemitism, a centrist campaign group against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the UK Labour Party.. Newbon studied at King's College, Cambridge,[1] from which he graduated with Bachelor of Arts (BA; 2006), Master of Philosophy (MPhil; 2007), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD; 2011) degrees.
[5] In May 2021, Newbon posted a manipulated image on Twitter of Jeremy Corbyn reading Michael Rosen's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt to a group of children.
[2] The disciplinary action culminated in Newbon being issued with a final written warning for bringing his employer into disrepute.
[8] In July 2021, a claim was made against Newbon in the High Court for defamation, harassment and misuse of private information regarding an unrelated incident.
His inquest was conducted by the Assistant Coroner for North Yorkshire and York, Jonathan Leach, in Northallerton on 4 April 2023.