Ex-councillor charged with race hatred after posts
Pat Marsh is due to appear at Harrogate Magistrates' Court next month
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A former North Yorkshire councillor has been charged in connection with allegedly antisemitic posts on social media.
Pat Marsh has been charged with displaying threatening, abusive or insulting written material with intent to or likely to stir up racial hatred in relation to posts made in January and February last year.
The 77-year-old, who represented the Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone division in Harrogate, resigned after members of the public reported the posts shared on X.
Ms Marsh, who previously denied the comments were antisemitic, was also suspended from the Liberal Democrats before she later resigned her role.
The former councillor is due to appear at Harrogate Magistrates' Court on 6 November.
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