(BBC) A former Labour deputy leader of Newcastle City Council has been found guilty of Islamophobia and suspended from the party for a year.
Joyce McCarty faced a probe into claims she made in a text message of a “Muslim plot,” which ousted her ally and former leader Nick Forbes.
Ms McCarty, who was re-elected in May, will sit as an independent.
Newcastle Labour Party says it condemns “any act of hate crime” and will “call out any such behaviour when seen.”
It said: “Joyce McCarty has been found guilty through investigation of Islamophobia and is suspended from the Labour Party with immediate effect.”
