Lucy Connolly sentenced to nearly 3 years for writing angry words on the internet calling for migrant hotels to be torched and later deleted it .
Labour Councillor Ricky Jones who was suspended from his job for being filmed at a Left wing demonstration calling for the "Far Right Fascists" to have their throats cut following the disturbances after the 3 girls were murdered in Southport last year has walked away from court a free man today after being found not guilty of encouraging violent behaviour .... no two tier here mate !
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Labour Councillor Ricky Jones who was suspended from his job for being filmed at a Left wing demonstration calling for the "Far Right Fascists" to have their throats cut following the disturbances after the 3 girls were murdered in Southport last year has walked away from court a free man today after being found not guilty of encouraging violent behaviour .... no two tier here mate !
Quote:Jones, of Dartford, who denied one count of encouraging violent disorder, told police he was "sorry" he made the comments "in the heat of the moment", and had not intended for them to be "taken literally", the court had earlier heard.
On Friday, jurors found Jones not guilty after just half an hour of deliberations. The suspended councillor was seen mouthing "thank you" at the jurors after the verdict was handed down.
Former Home Secretary and Tory leadership candidate James Cleverly called the jury's verdict clearing Jones "perverse", writing on X that "decisions like this are adding to the anger that people feel and amplifying the belief that there isn't a dispassionate criminal justice system".
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the verdict was "another outrageous example of two-tier justice".
https://news.sky.com/story/ricky-jones-s...r-13412060