Sacked 'anti-woke' barrister wins appeal against £500 fine for ‘Muslims are killing free speech’ tweet – after describing black schoolgirl as 'stroppy teenager of colour'

A barrister who was sanctioned over a tweet claiming Muslims played a 'central role' in the 'dying' of free speech has won an appeal against the £500 fine he received.

Jon Holbrook complained that he had been 'cancelled' after he was sacked from his chambers and investigated over a string of controversial posts on Twitter.

At a previous tribunal, Mr Holbrook received the sanction for his tweet to a Muslim journalist, in which he claimed 'free speech is dying and Islamists and other Muslims are playing a central role'.

Now following his appeal, the senior public law barrister's £500 fine and warning have been overturned, with a panel ruling his tweet about Muslims was not serious enough to warrant sanction.

He has since launched criticism at what he called 'wokesters' and at his regulator, the Bar Standards Board [BSB], for investigating him, claiming they are a 'playground bully'.

Mr Holbrook, who was called to the bar in 1989, claimed his career 'ended' in 2021 when he was sacked from Cornerstone Barristers over his tweets.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10667335/Sacked-barrister-wins-appeal-against-500-fine-Muslims-killing-free-speech-tweet.html

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