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Mathilde Grandjean

Labour councillor ‘horrified’ by own cutting throats comment at rally, jury told

Ricky Jones leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Labour councillor who called at an anti-racism rally for far-right activists’ throats to be cut has told a jury he felt “horrified” after realising what he had said.

In the wake of rioting after the Southport murders last summer, Ricky Jones, 58, described far-right activists as “disgusting Nazi fascists”, his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

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