Man found guilty of aggravated assault against Owen Jones
James Healy had admitted assault but trial was to find if motive was homophobia or hostility to journalist’s leftwing views
A man has been found guilty of aggravated assault against the Guardian columnist Owen Jones because of hostility to his leftwing political views and/or homophobia, following a two-day trial at Snaresbrook crown court.
James Healy, 40, had already pleaded guilty to assaulting Jones last August outside the Lexington pub in King’s Cross, north London, at about 2am. But he was on trial before a judge to determine whether his actions were motivated by homophobia or hostility to Jones’s leftwing political views.