Chuck Darwin on Nostr: Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up” in the ...
Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called
“Southport Wake Up”
in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July last year, Liverpool crown court was told.
Sentencing McIntyre, Judge Flewitt said the defendant was “prominent” among people responsible for spreading misinformation after the Southport attack.
“You were motivated by racial hatred,” he told McIntyre.
“I have no doubt your actions encouraged many people to plan and then to commit offences of both violent disorder and criminal damage.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/06/key-architect-of-riots-after-southport-attack-jailed-for-seven-and-a-half-years
“Southport Wake Up”
in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July last year, Liverpool crown court was told.
Sentencing McIntyre, Judge Flewitt said the defendant was “prominent” among people responsible for spreading misinformation after the Southport attack.
“You were motivated by racial hatred,” he told McIntyre.
“I have no doubt your actions encouraged many people to plan and then to commit offences of both violent disorder and criminal damage.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/06/key-architect-of-riots-after-southport-attack-jailed-for-seven-and-a-half-years