“Comparisons with the Lucy Connolly case are misplaced. “Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty. There was no trial, no cross-examination, no jury. She admitted the specific offence: stirring up racial hatred online. “Ricky Jones faced a different charge … with a high burden of proof. “The jury decided the Crown had not met it.

A suspended Labour councillor, Ricky Jones accused of urging violence by telling people at an anti-racism rally to cut the throats of far-right activists has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.

A British councillor was on Friday acquitted of encouraging violent disorder for saying far-right activists should have their throats cut amid riots last year, drawing claims from right-wing politicians of a hypocritical "two-tier" justice system.

The decision to clear Ricky Jones of encouraging violent disorder has not gone down well with many senior politicians. Footage of the suspended Labour councillor went viral last August after

The suspended councillor called demonstrators "disgusting Nazi fascists" at last August's protest in east London as he spoke to a "tinderbox" crowd.

Tory front benchers have been raging about 'two-tier' justice after a Labour councillor was found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.

A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters' throats to be cut at a rally told police that his comments were made "in the heat of the moment", a court has heard. Jurors were shown a video of Ricky Jones, 58, calling demonstrators "disgusting Nazi fascists" while addressing a crowd in Walthamstow on 7 August last year.