“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.

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

A friend of a Labour councillor who called for the throats of far-Right protesters to be cut at an anti-racism rally said the language he used was “completely out of character”, a court has heard.

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

A jury’s decision to clear a suspended Labour councillor of encouraging violent disorder after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut cannot be compared to the case of Lucy Connolly, lawyers have claimed.