A high-profile lawyer has been instructed into pursue claims against a rock band that claimed actress Tracy-Ann Oberman and Countdown presenter Rachel Riley’s activism against antisemitism would lead to “someone on the left being physically harmed”.
Reverend and The Makers, an English rock band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire tweeted to ask "what is wrong" with the pair, who have been targets for trolls for speaking out on social media about Jew-hate.
The band said their "constant outrage at everything" was "going to wind up with someone on the left being physically harmed”.
Mark Lewis, who was hired three weeks ago, is expected to take legal action against up to 70 people the pair believe either posted libellous claims about them or sent them abusive messages.
