Man who called for hotel attack jailed
A man who called for a hotel to be set on fire has been jailed for stirring up racial hatred.
John England’s Facebook posts included one saying a Nottinghamshire hotel should be targeted by what he called “great English men” who had set a hotel in Rotherham alight.
When arrested on Sunday and interviewed by Nottinghamshire Police about his posts over a nine-day period from 30 July to 7 August, England, of Big Barn Lane in Mansfield, told officers he had “a dark sense of humour”.
At Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, the 45-year-old was jailed for one year and eight months after pleading guilty to publishing and distributing written material to stir up racial hatred.
Judge Nirmal Shant KC told England: “Plainly there was an intention to incite severe violence that would threaten or endanger life.
“In the light of what was going on in the country at the time, your post added to the situation. Therefore you must face immediate custody.”
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