‘Ricky Jones’s claims of race abuse do not justify his throat slitting calls’

A Labour councillor’s ‘abhorrent and distressing’ experience of racial abuse does not justify urging his supporters to cut the throats of his opponents, a court heard. Ricky Jones, 58, shouted ‘We need to cut their throats and get rid of them’ into a microphone at a Stand Up To Racism counter-protest in Hoe Street, Walthamstow on August 7 2024. The then Labour councillor for Dartford was suspended after videos circulated online and now stands accused of encouraging violent disorder. Jones…