Sam Melia: Yorkshire far-right organiser denies hate crimes

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Sam Melia: Yorkshire far-right organiser denies hate crimes
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Sam Melia, 33, pleads not guilty to stirring up racial hatred and encouraging criminal damage.

By Andrew BartonSam Melia, 33, appeared at Leeds Crown Court accused of publishing downloadable stickers which were "threatening, abusive or insulting".

Mr Melia, of Westdale Road, Pudsey, is also accused of intentionally encouraging or assisting racially-aggravated criminal damage.Mr Melia allegedly distributed material for Hundred Handers, an anti-immigration white nationalist group, between 25 April 2019 and 18 April 2021. He is also alleged to have stirred up racial hatred by publishing electronic versions of the abusive stickers during the same time period.

Mr Melia is the Yorkshire organiser of Patriotic Alternative, which has held protests in Hull, Cottingham and Skegness over plans to house asylum seekers.

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