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# Oxford Student To Go on Trial in Two Years’ Time
- URL: https://goodoil.news/oxford-student-to-go-on-trial-in-two-years-time/
- Published: 2026-02-26T01:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-26T01:00:32.000Z
- Description: He was given conditional bail and told a trial date was set for January 17th 2028. Yet somehow Lucy Connolly was in court in under a month. Needless to say, unlike Connolly, Williams is out on bail.
- Author: Reproduced with permission
- Tags: UK Politics, Crime

[**Will Jones**](https://www.schiffsovereign.com/trends/welcome-to-the-lowest-common-denominator-society-154416/?ref=goodoil.news)  
*Dr Will Jones is editor of the Daily Sceptic. He has a PhD in political philosophy, an MA in ethics, a BSc in mathematics and a diploma in theology. He lives in Leamington Spa with his wife and two children.*

Oxford University student Samuel Williams, who chanted “put the Zios in the ground” at a pro-Palestine rally in London in October, will not stand trial for another two years. The *Mail* [has the story](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15587323/Oxford-University-student-accused-stirring-racial-hatred-chanting-Zios-ground-Pro-Palestine-rally-Whitehall-trial-TWO-YEARS-time.html?ref=goodoil.news).

> An Oxford University student is due to go on trial accused of allegedly making antisemitic chants at a pro-Palestine demonstration.  
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> Samuel Williams, 21, is accused of stirring up racial hatred at a Palestine Coalition demonstration in Whitehall, central London, on Saturday October 11th.  
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> He was charged last year and appeared before Southwark Crown Court today.  
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> He spoke to confirm his name and plead not guilty.  
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> He was given conditional bail and told a trial date was set for January 17th 2028.  
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> Williams was previously told he was not allowed to take part in Palestine-related protests inside the M25 or in Oxford as part of his bail.  
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> Williams was identified by the *Daily Mail* after the incident was caught on camera and shared on social media.  
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> “Zio” is an offensive reference to Zionists, and some have interpreted the words as calling for death to Jews.  
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> Speaking through a microphone at the march, the man on camera apparently told the crowd: “A steadfast and noble resistance in Palestine and in Gaza to look to, to be inspired by and – I don’t want to yap for too long – but a chant that we’ve been workshopping in Oxford that maybe you guys want to join in.  
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> “It goes ‘Gaza, Gaza make us proud, put the Zios in the ground’.”  
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> Williams was arrested at a property in Oxfordshire on suspicion of inciting racial hatred following an investigation launched by Scotland Yard detectives.  
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> The philosophy, politics and economics student at Balliol College was also suspended by Oxford University.

Yet somehow Lucy Connolly was in court in under a month. Needless to say, unlike Connolly, Williams is out on bail.

![](https://dailysceptic.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/73ad3ba3-4f79-4944-83e9-2b4d3c595cad.gif)

Worth [reading in full](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15587323/Oxford-University-student-accused-stirring-racial-hatred-chanting-Zios-ground-Pro-Palestine-rally-Whitehall-trial-TWO-YEARS-time.html?ref=goodoil.news).

This article was originally published by [the Daily Sceptic](https://www.schiffsovereign.com/trends/welcome-to-the-lowest-common-denominator-society-154416/?ref=goodoil.news).