Pro-Palestine protester cleared of racial offence over ‘coconut’ placard

Marieha Hussain had denied her placard depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman was racially abusive

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

Marieha Hussain, 37, denied the prosecution's allegation that the placard was racially abusive, and her trial at Westminster magistrates court heard that she quite obviously does not have a racist bone in her body".