Pritti Mistry BBC News A man who posted material on social media to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK has been jailed for three years. Wayne O’Rourke, who had more than 90,000 followers to his X account, posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July and praised the burning of a car in Sunderland. The 35-year-old, of Salix Approach, Lincoln, admitted publishing written material online to stir up racial hatred between 28 July and 8 August. Sentencing him at Lincoln Crown Court, Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight told him: "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it." She added: "The flames fanned by keyboard warriors like you." The court heard among his posts on 29 July was a reference to the death of the three children in Southport, alleging it was a terrorist attack carried out by a Muslim. Far right, or not in some people's eyes, he's going dahn!
Can I just say, how much I'm loving this Labour government. They are getting to grips with extremism on both sides of the divide and making things safer, for decent law abiding folk.
Most of these type of attacks in the UK are carried out by Muslims. Now, if you speculate that the latest attack has been carried out by a Muslim, you’ll get gaol. Still awaiting a few details on the Southport attack. It’s not as if they want to end such speculation.
That was worth the air miles then. He'll be even more isolated if Trump gets in. It's a good job we've got Farage as back up.
The ones here predicted 400 Labour MPs and a crushing rejection of the Tories ... rather than irrelevant, they were spot on ...
Thankfully, I will never be as stupid as you. Not my meme: uploaded from WhatsApp. Clearly sarcasm is beyond you.
His breaking into my flat would be an interesting event to witness in the absence of a chimney to come down, irrespective of the colour of his flag. You would expect that this old man who likes having small children sit on his lap for a few days each December ought to be under investigation by Obersturmführer Starmer so that he can ensure that he is never prosecuted and the BBC erect a statue. Curiously I stopped believing in this fantasy individual quite a long time ago.
