Ricky Jones Cleared

What we have learnt today is never plead guilty and instead take your chance in court. All those who were sentenced for writing online messages, including Lucy Connolly, should have pleaded not guilty. They were probably told plead guilty, the evidence is clear, you'll get a lighter sentence. But they were then crucified. The evidence for Ricky Jones couldn't have been any clearer yet he is now free. This is a terrible day for UK justice. Most people in prison have will have suffered a bad childhood and have special needs.

The dangers of middle-aged, middle class women!

The dangers of middle-aged, middle class women!

The dangers of middle-aged, middle class women!

The dangers of middle-aged, middle class women!

She made her 100s of tweets over many months, she admitted the offence but saw nothing wrong in what she'd done..... was seen as an on going risk.

Jones was an isolated incident, made during a time when there was no widespread rioting.

And Connolly being remanded in custody versus Jones being released on bail?

So the transcript of the appeal courts ruling that I posted ?

Took the jury 30mins to find him Not Guilty..... the evidence clearly wasn't as clear cut as you think....

No. But it was completely different treatment to Ricky Jones.

And she has been denied an appeal.

Accusations of racism are politically loaded.

That is a fact.

It was a different charge to Jones. There needs to be a good reason for an appeal which wasn't found. Try dealing with facts.

So you don't know, and haven't watched the video, then?
Or is it just that you don't want to answer the question? It's a simple question.

😂 hilarious.

What did You see when you watched the video of Ricky Jones inciting people to slit the throat of other people?

Took the jury 30mins to find him Not Guilty..... the evidence clearly wasn't as clear cut as you think....

Course it does. Everyone knows how right wing the Spectator is and how they support Connelly.

So was she sent to prison because she was a white woman married to a Tory councillor? Genuine question here..

Also there was no need for her to be remanded. Absolutely no way.

Its even worse it went to trial and despite video evidence this was the verdict.

‘One important difference is that, whereas Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty last summer, Ricky Jones fought his charges in court (defended by a silk from Garden Court chambers).

But this only points to a further aspect of two-tier justice; namely, who has the means to fight their case. The privately-paid solicitor will naturally make sure his privately-paying client is aware of all the defences available to him. By contrast, the harried duty solicitor is not exactly best-placed to give considered advice.

Either way, I suspect few who hear about these two cases will care very much about distinctions like guilty and not guilty pleas. Most will simply compare the two ‘offences’ with the respective punishments doled out, and judge for themselves.

Crucially, like most of those arrested at the time, Lucy Connolly was denied bail. Facing a potential delay of months inside while awaiting trial, she may have felt that she had no choice but to plead guilty to the charges laid before her. This element of potential coercion was perhaps the starkest example of ‘two-tier justice’. Since Jones was granted bail, he had more than a year to prepare his defence after multiple delays to his trial.

Two-tier justice exists across multiple realities and manifestations; from the granting of bail to financial disparity – not to mention the fact that activist lawyers are sometimes only too happy to waive fees where they agree with the accused. ‘

And look at the silk who defended him attached here, a Very Interesting and depressing read) . The chambers who defences. Hamas and are very left wing.

Again Labour stinks from top to bottom.

Your response says a lot more about you than your sad little comment says about me.

No. But it was completely different treatment to Ricky Jones.

And she has been denied an appeal.

The Spectator 🙄

‘One important difference is that, whereas Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty last summer, Ricky Jones fought his charges in court (defended by a silk from Garden Court chambers).

But this only points to a further aspect of two-tier justice; namely, who has the means to fight their case. The privately-paid solicitor will naturally make sure his privately-paying client is aware of all the defences available to him. By contrast, the harried duty solicitor is not exactly best-placed to give considered advice.

Either way, I suspect few who hear about these two cases will care very much about distinctions like guilty and not guilty pleas. Most will simply compare the two ‘offences’ with the respective punishments doled out, and judge for themselves.

Crucially, like most of those arrested at the time, Lucy Connolly was denied bail. Facing a potential delay of months inside while awaiting trial, she may have felt that she had no choice but to plead guilty to the charges laid before her. This element of potential coercion was perhaps the starkest example of ‘two-tier justice’. Since Jones was granted bail, he had more than a year to prepare his defence after multiple delays to his trial.

Two-tier justice exists across multiple realities and manifestations; from the granting of bail to financial disparity – not to mention the fact that activist lawyers are sometimes only too happy to waive fees where they agree with the accused. ‘

And look at the silk who defended him attached here, a Very Interesting and depressing read) . The chambers who defences. Hamas and are very left wing.

Again Labour stinks from top to bottom.