Ricky Jones said he ‘didn’t mean it’ when he called for opponents to have their throats slit

Labour councillor Ricky Jones told a jury he ‘wasn’t thinking’ when he called for his opponents to have their throats slit and he did not mean what he said. Jones, 58, addressed a crowd of supporters through a PA system in the wake of the disturbances following the murder of the three girls last year. They cheered as shouted into a microphone: ‘We need to cut their throats and get rid of them’ while making a slashing gesture across his…