Goddard denied calling MP Anna Soubry a 'Nazi' and a 'traitor' during the chaotic court hearing, moments before the judge adjourned proceedings.
Proceedings against self-styled ‘yellow vest’ protester James Goddard were forced to stop halfway through today as supporters stormed the court and the Attorney General’s office.
Goddard denied calling MP Anna Soubry a ‘Nazi’ and a ‘traitor’ during the chaotic court hearing, moments before the judge adjourned proceedings They then knocked on an office door within the building, shouting: ‘Hello, the little people are here.’ But the truncated hearing descended into farce after supporters chanted ‘Soubry is a Nazi,’ commented on the perceived severity of his bail conditions by telling Judge Kenneth Grant that Goddard ‘is not a terrorist, you know’, and said a police officer briefly present in court would be ‘better off fighting knife crime’.
Earlier, Goddard complained that he was called ‘a far-right fascist every day’, and drew raucous applause from the public gallery as he addressed the judge.The hearing resumed to inform Goddard of his bail conditions but there were chaotic scenes as the defendant left the dock complaining to the judge that he could not get a fair trial.People in the public gallery shouted messages of support to the defendant as he left the court.
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