Labour aide probed over anti-Semitic online post

LABOUR has suspended a councillor over an anti-Semitic online post claiming Jews drink blood and sexually abuse children.

Damien Enticott is said to have posted the video on his Facebook account, referring to ‘Talmud Jews’ as ‘parasites’.

The post also said they were child rapists and called for them to be executed.

A Labour source said he had been suspended pending an investigation.

Mr Enticott, who sits on Bognor Regis town council in West Sussex, denied he

‘Complaints are fully investigated’

had posted the clip, suggesting a housemate may have shared it in his name.

The incident comes amid a row within Labour over its decision not to fully adopt an internationally recognised definition of anti-Semitism as part of a new code of conduct.

The Talmud is the source from which Jewish law is derived.

A Labour spokesman said: ‘The Labour Party is committed to challenging and campaigning against [anti-Semitism] in all its forms. Complaints about anti-Semitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures.’

Mr Enticott told the Jewish Chronicle he had not posted the video, adding: ‘The statement wasn’t made by myself. I don’t share anti-Semitic views at all.’