A former Labour councillor has denied encouraging violence while addressing a crowd during an anti-fascist protest in Walthamstow has appeared in court.
Ricky Jones, 57, was last month charged with encouraging violent disorder after a video emerged in which he appeared to call for far-right protesters’ throats to be “cut” during the east London demonstration the previous day.
Jones, who has been a councillor in Dartford, Kent, since 2019, was suspended by the Labour Party.
In reference to the video, a Labour spokesperson said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated.”
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