Ricky Jones: Suspended Labour councillor charged with encouraging violent disorder…


A suspended Labour councillor has been charged with encouraging violent disorder.

Ricky Jones, 57, was filmed addressing a crowd at a London demonstration on Wednesday evening, during which he "appeared to make remarks and a gesture to encourage others to act violently towards far-right protestors", the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Jaswant Narwal, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London North, said: "He has been arrested and charged within 48 hours, and will now appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court this afternoon, 9 August.


"We remind all concerned that criminal proceedings are active and that he has the right to a fair trial.

"It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary, or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."

Jones, who is a councillor in Dartford, Kent, was suspended by the Labour Party after he was arrested on Thursday.

Good.

Now please have him out the Party too.

if he is in court today, he is likely in jail from today too

BBC1HD London News

Stated he will remain Locked Up
Until next month when he goes on trial.

Labour Councillor charged with
encouraging violent disorder

[Mr Jones, 57, appeared at Westminster Magistrates'
Court on Friday. BBC reporter Lucy Grey
said no indication of a plea was given.

Deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram said:
“It is alleged that using a microphone you
addressed a crowd at an anti-fascist protest
and, talking about others you described as
‘disgusting Nazi fascists’, you said
‘we need to cut their throats and get rid of them’.]

[The case was adjourned for a pre-trial
preparation hearing on Friday 6 September.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/credz9gl92yo

He gave us a beautiful Law & Order reference.:flutter:

Hopefully he will be locked up, but we await with bated breath

Apparently, yes.

We need to know how many years he is getting, like right now, like the rest of the twats

Unsurprising behaviour

There is no hurry in locking HIM up, his case is adjourned until 6 September.

Doesn’t fit the description

Hooraaaaayyyyy we get to call it two-tier after all, I was sure getting worried that we wouldn't.

Hes got off lightly. He was encouraging a little bit more than simple violence.

he is being held pending trial i believe

He should have been pushing a dustbin when he said it.

Worse than the people encouraging and celebrating setting hotels on fire?

I'm not talking about those actually doing these things - of course that's more serious. But there were plenty on the various socials in full support of arson. I'd say that's as serious as this?

As far as I could see it was a bin that was set on fire, to set a hotel ablaze with people inside it would of course be horrific.