Overview
- Samuel Williams appeared at Southwark Crown Court on February 24, entered a not guilty plea, and was granted conditional bail.
- Prosecutors allege he stirred up racial hatred by using threatening, abusive or insulting words at an October 11 demonstration in central London.
- Footage posted online shows a man leading the chant, "Gaza, Gaza make us proud, put the Zios in the ground," after saying it had been workshopped in Oxford.
- Williams was arrested in Oxfordshire following a Scotland Yard investigation, previously faced protest-related bail restrictions in the M25 area and Oxford, and was suspended by Oxford University.
- Reports describe 'Zio' as an offensive term for Zionists, and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has highlighted rising antisemitism concerns at universities.