Teacher cleared by court for coconut placard at rally

Marieha Hussain held a placard at a protest depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts.

A teacher who carried a placard at a pro-Palestinian protest depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts has been found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence.

She carried a picture showing the faces of the then Prime Minister and Home Secretary superimposed on coconuts under a palm tree in November 2023.Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan argued coconut was a well-known racial slur, suggesting that someone was brown on the outside but white on the inside. An image on the other side of the placard depicted the former home secretary as "Cruella Braverman", Ms Hussain said in a statement.

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