Andrew McIntyre, 39, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for encouraging violent disorder and criminal damage after using a far-right Telegram channel to incite unrest following a knife attack at a dance class in Southport last summer.
A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for his role in the riots that swept England following the death of three young girls in Southport. Andrew McIntyre, 39, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years at Liverpool Crown Court for encouraging violent disorder and criminal damage following the knife attack at a dance class in Southport last summer.
"The Southport Wake Up channel was identified by the group Hope Not Hate as a "catalyst for and origin of a series of posts" concerning incidents of violence, Mr Gibson said.The court heard McIntyre, who has pleaded guilty to encouraging violent disorder and possession of a knife, shared content from a site called Tommy Robinson/ Britain First/ For Britain about a protest in Southport on July 30.He also posted a map after adding: "Mosque at the top of Hart St.
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