Four UK men accused of shouting antisemitic slurs plead not guilty

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 08 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

"The men were charged via postal requisition on Thursday, 16 September with using threatening, abusive or insulting words, or behavior, with intent, likely to stir up racial hatred," a statement from London's Metropolitan Police Service said.

Lancashire news site LancsLive reported that the defendants were filmed on May 16 shouting abuses from a convoy of cars "decked out in Palestine flags" amid nationwide protests over the escalation in the conflict between Palestinian militant factions and Israel that occurred this spring.

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The site added that, at the time, tensions in London were "simmering" and "thousands of people had been marching through...