Councillor denies ‘throat cut’ encouragement

Suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones today (fri) denied encouraging protestors to ‘cut the throats’ of far-right rioters. Supporters cheered as Jones, 57, shouted into a microphone: ‘They are disgusting fascists and we need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all.’ He then led the crowd in a chant of ‘Free Palestine’ at the counter-protest in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, east London, on August 7 Jones appeared via videolink from Wormwood Scrubs at Snaresbrook Crown Court for a…