Neo-Nazi Matthew Henegan guilty of Norfolk hospital attacks
A Neo-Nazi already serving a prison sentence for spreading anti-Semitic coronavirus conspiracies has been found guilty of attacking NHS workers at a Norfolk hospital.
Matthew Henegan, 37, assaulted staff at Northside House, a secure mental health facility in Thorpe St Andrew, where he was being cared for.
A consultant, who suffered head injuries, and two nursing staff gave evidence at King’s Lynn Crown Court that he had hit them with a towel containing a hard object.
The jury took just 20 minutes to find him guilty of the three charges of assault and actual bodily harm.
He was sentenced to an additional 15 months imprisonment.
Henegan, from St Neots, Cambridgeshire, is currently serving an eight year jail sentence after being convicted of antisemitic crimes after a trial at the Old Bailey in November 2021.
In that case, he had distributed racially offensive leaflets through the doors of residents in the Cambridgeshire town in March 2020.
He also posted content online including false claims that Jewish people were behind a coronavirus hoax, swastikas and evidence suggesting he admired Adolf Hitler, describing him as a saviour.
Police also found a document entitled ‘how to make armor piercing ammo’.
Henegan had repeatedly refused to be brought from his cell at HMP Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight to appear in court over the Norfolk charges.
He was initially facing 11 separate charges, including several counts of stirring up racial hatred and causing racially motivated harassment.
A judge had directed not guilty pleas be entered on his behalf to all 11 charges last December.
But on the first day of his trial, King’s Lynn Crown Court was told the Crown Prosecution Service had decided not to proceed with eight of the charges.
Prosecutor Danielle O’Donovan told the hearing eight charges related to racially motivated offences had been dropped.
Recorder David Herbert agreed the trial should proceed in Henegan’s absence.
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