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22
Dec
Provisional trial date set for ex-Harrogate councillor accused of antisemitic posts
A provisional trial date has been set in the case of a former Harrogate Lib Dem councillor accused of posting antisemitic remarks on social media.
Patricia Marsh, 77, has been charged with distributing written material to stir up racial hatred.
Her case was mentioned at York Crown Court today (December 22) when judge Sean Morris set a provisional trial date of August 19 next year.
Ms Marsh, who served as a local councillor for more than three decades, has not yet entered a plea to the charge.
It’s alleged that Ms Marsh, of Harrogate Road, Knaresborough, intended to stir up racial hatred, or racial hatred was likely to be stirred up, by publishing or distributing allegedly antisemitic posts on X, formerly Twitter, between January 21 and February 19 last year.
Ms Marsh was for many years the leader of the Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats and represented the Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone ward on North Yorkshire Council.
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