‘I’m an honourable man,’ claims accused anti-semite

A viscount’s son accused of calling an anti-Semitism campaigner ‘Jewish scum’ told a court today he is ‘an honourable man’ facing ‘desperate’ allegations. Piers Portman, 50, the son of Edward, 9th Viscount Portman of Bryanston, allegedly abused Campaign Against Antisemitism CEO Gideon Falter after he refused to shake his hand at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 14 June 2018. The Harrow-educated aristocrat’s family owns the Portman Estate, which covers 110 acres of Marylebone in West London, including the land under Westminster…