A RACIST who said Hitler was born ‘100 years too soon’ has been jailed for 16 months.
Jonathan Jennings, of Heol y Gelynen, Brynamman, appeared at Swansea Crown Court where he admitted to stirring up racial hatred through threatening behaviour online.
The court heard how Jennings, 34, used social media to make threats against Jewish people, Muslims, and members of the Labour Party between March and August 2017.
He styled himself as ‘a champion of free speech’, describing himself as a white libertarian and white dissident.
The matter was reported to police by a member of the public having read some of Jennings’ comments online.
Despite a warning from the police force, Jennings, who has a degree from Lampeter University, continued posting racist messages in an attempt to stir up religious hatred.
One post suggested Muslims should be ‘forcibly sterilised’ and ‘sentenced to death’, and another encouraged people to ‘hunt down and kill’ businesswoman and leading Remain campaigner, Gina Miller.
Judge Geraint Walters said Jennings’ comments were ‘vile, venomous and words which would rightly outrage any decent human being’.
The court also heard Jennings had many friends who belong to the New Apostolic Church in Brynamman, with Judge Walters adding that this ‘shows how truly mixed up your views really are’.
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