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Councillor Pat Marsh Trial Tests Fitness Over Antisemitic Tweets

8/21/2026

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Councillor Pat Marsh is on trial of facts at Crown Court because she is unfit.
Marsh posted antisemitic X tweets in February 2024, calling them “greater than bigotry in the extreme”.
Prosecutor Ashleigh Metcalfe said the posts were plainly anti-Israel, some antisemitic, and likely to stir racial hatred.
She was arrested on 20 February 2024, did not answer police, resigned and was suspended by Liberal Democrats.

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Story summary

Councillor Pat Marsh is on trial of facts at Crown Court because she is unfit.
Marsh posted antisemitic X tweets in February 2024, calling them “greater than bigotry in the extreme”.
Prosecutor Ashleigh Metcalfe said the posts were plainly anti-Israel, some antisemitic, and likely to stir racial hatred.
She was arrested on 20 February 2024, did not answer police, resigned and was suspended by Liberal Democrats.