A man who instigated the Southport riots through a Telegram group has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Andrew McIntyre used his channel to promote violence and incite unrest following the stabbing of three young girls in the Merseyside town.
Hundreds gathered at the scene of violent disorder promoted by Andrew McIntyre. The man who stoked the Southport riots with a Telegram group he started has been jailed for seven and a half years. Andrew McIntyre, 39, started ‘ Southport Wake Up’ after three young girls were stabbed to death at a children’s dance class in the Merseyside town on July 29 last year. The following night, a gathering of hundreds outside a Southport mosque spiralled into violence that spread across the country.
The taxi driver, who was later found with weapons and a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, had promoted them, encouraged violence, and celebrated an attack on Muslims in Liverpool. Both his mobile phone and the car he was arrested in were in the area during the disorder. Describing the ‘sinister aspect’ of violence, prosecutor Arthur Gibson told the court: ‘Many of these seats of disorder were not simply spontaneous.’ Nor, he added, had ‘persons coincidentally simply decided to turn up and take part’. He said: ‘It is the Crown’s case that others, to a greater or lesser degree, participated in the organisation, encouragement and incitement of such gatherings, which resulted in the disorder. ‘It is the Crown’s case that one such person is the defendant.’ Andrew McIntyre, 39, of Rufford, near Ormskirk, Lancashire had used his Telegram channel to share content about the July 30 protest from a site Tommy Robinson / Britain First / For Britain. ‘Mosque at the top of Hart St’, he said, adding a map. Later, he wrote a post with fire emojis, saying: ‘Rise Up English Lads. 8pm tomorrow St Luke’s Rd Southport.’ He shared a map after adding: ‘Mosque at the top of Hart St.’ In the hours before violence erupted, McIntyre wrote what was described as a ‘clear threat to police’ He said: ‘Message to All … Stand in our way, even if you’re just doing your job … prepare to fall
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