Grenfell volunteer denies race hate claims

A woman who worked as a volunteer with victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster has denied stirring up racial hatred on Facebook. Tahra Ahmed, 51, is said to have published two anti semitic posts to her account between 26 January 2016 and 26 January 2018, the Old Bailey heard. The charges allege Ahmed posted material which was ‘threatening, abusive or insulting intending thereby to stir up racial hatred or, having regard to all the circumstances, whereby racial hatred was likely…