Aug 11, 2025 05:54 PM
Labour councillor told crowd far-right protesters 'need to have throats slit'
https://news.sky.com/story/ricky-jones-l...s-13410172
INTRO: A Labour councillor said far-right protesters should have their throats slit and drew his finger across his throat at an anti-racism protest following the Southport murders, a court has heard.
Ricky Jones, 58, who is on trial for encouraging violent disorder, called demonstrators "disgusting Nazi fascists" at the protest in east London, last August.
Jones, a borough councillor in Dartford, Kent, from 2019, had been warned by his party to stay away from the event in Walthamstow, and was suspended the day after the alleged incident.
A video of Jones speaking to the "tinderbox" crowd, dressed in a black polo top and surrounded by cheering supporters, went viral on social media after the protest.
The councillor said: "They are disgusting Nazi fascists. We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all."
The demonstration had been organised in response to plans for a far-right march outside nearby Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau, jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court were told.
It followed the nationwide violent disorder that occurred last summer after the Southport murders when Axel Rudakubana killed three girls and attempted to murder eight others at a summer holiday Taylor Swift-themed event... (MORE - details)
https://news.sky.com/story/ricky-jones-l...s-13410172
INTRO: A Labour councillor said far-right protesters should have their throats slit and drew his finger across his throat at an anti-racism protest following the Southport murders, a court has heard.
Ricky Jones, 58, who is on trial for encouraging violent disorder, called demonstrators "disgusting Nazi fascists" at the protest in east London, last August.
Jones, a borough councillor in Dartford, Kent, from 2019, had been warned by his party to stay away from the event in Walthamstow, and was suspended the day after the alleged incident.
A video of Jones speaking to the "tinderbox" crowd, dressed in a black polo top and surrounded by cheering supporters, went viral on social media after the protest.
The councillor said: "They are disgusting Nazi fascists. We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all."
The demonstration had been organised in response to plans for a far-right march outside nearby Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau, jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court were told.
It followed the nationwide violent disorder that occurred last summer after the Southport murders when Axel Rudakubana killed three girls and attempted to murder eight others at a summer holiday Taylor Swift-themed event... (MORE - details)