A taxi driver, Andrew McIntyre, has been charged with inciting violence following the fatal stabbings of three young girls in Southport. He is accused of being the administrator of an online group that spread false rumors and encouraged violence after the tragedy.
A taxi driver described by a judge as being 'motivated by racial hatred ' was the administrator of an online group said to have been the 'catalyst' for posts containing 'false rumours' shared after the Southport stabbings. A copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was discovered at the home of Andrew McIntyre, 39, after his secret online identity was revealed, a court heard.
McIntyre published a string of 'sickening posts' on messaging app Telegram following the fatal stabbings of six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town last summer. They included calling for the Home Secretary to be hanged and inciting violent action before rioting erupted. McIntyre also told his followers after violent clashes: 'Well done last night lads. To all you heavy hitters, are you ready for round two?' Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday, that McIntyre, of Cousins Lane in Rufford, was the administrator of the Telegram channel 'Southport Wake Up', which was set up in the aftermath of the killings. This group was said to have been 'the catalyst for and origin of a series of posts concerning these events', which were widely shared on social media and contained 'false rumours' that the attacker was an illegal immigrant and a Muslim. Arthur Gibson, prosecuting, said of the subsequent disturbances on Merseyside and across the country: 'It is the prosecution's case that many of these seats of disorder were not simply spontaneous or that persons coincidentally simply decided to turn up and take part. 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. One such person is the defendant.' The court was told that McIntyre set up the Telegram page in question 'virtually immediately' after the stabbings, going by the usernames 'Bing' and 'Stimpy' on the platform
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