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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

Trial of suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones over riots speech delayed until August

Dartford councillor Ricky Jones - (The Labour Party)

The trial of a suspended Labour councillor who is accused of encouraging violence in last summer’s riots has been delayed for seven months.

Ricky Jones, 57, is charged with encouraging violent disorder over a speech he made to a crowd in Walthamstow on August 7 last year.

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