James Allchurch, who praised Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, denies stirring up racial hatred.
A man accused of making racist podcasts did not realise the words he used were offensive, he has told a court.
James Allchurch, 51, from Gelli in Pembrokeshire told a jury at Swansea Civic Centre he spent "12 hours a day" making podcasts.and told listeners to "make sure that your friends are all white".During the opening of Mr Allchurch's defence case, he was asked by defence barrister Emily Baxter why he used racially offensive words in his podcasts.
The podcasts, uploaded on or before 17 May 2019 and 18 March 2021 to a website called Radio Aryan, later changed to Radio Albion, contained "virulently racist content", the court previously heard. Mr Allchurch was asked about his radio name, Edward Longshanks, said to be a reference to King Edward I who was responsible for expelling Jews from England in 1290.He testified he did not intend anti-Jewish sentiment with the name and did not consider it to be anti-Semitic.
The defence also questioned what impression "a nationalist should come away with" from the podcasts and the website in general.Asked by Ms Baxter if he "advocated for breaking the law" or "advocated for hatred", he replied: "I do not."
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