Neo-Nazi Ryan Ferguson fined for ‘Heil Hitler’ racial abuse during far-right march in Bristol

A self-proclaimed neo-Nazi white supremacist who gave Nazi salutes, shouted ‘Heil Hitler’ and abused Jewish people on a far-right march through the centre of Bristol earlier this year has been fined by a judge in court today (Tuesday).

The judge described Ryan Ferguson’s actions in Bristol back in March as ‘shameful’ and ‘horribly racially-aggravated’, and doubled the usual fine, despite the 26-year-old ‘TikTok Nazi’ pleading guilty.

Ferguson, who had travelled down from his home on Merseyside to take part in the ‘Bristol Patriots’ demonstration through the city centre back in March, was filmed by counter-protesters hurling anti-Semitic abuse about the Holocaust, while being protected by a line of police officers.

After shouting ‘Heil Hitler!’ he was filmed telling the people he was abusing that he had not just committed an offence, claiming he had ‘briefings with the police’.

But Avon and Somerset police investigated video footage filmed by the Bristol Cable, and charged him with a racially-aggravated Section 5 Public Order offence.

District Judge Lynn Matthews, sitting at Bristol Magistrates Court, heard Ferguson also repeatedly shouted ‘in the bunker’ at Jewish counter protesters standing on the other side of a police line in Union Street, during the march on March 7, 2026, and called one of them a ‘Jewish ****’.

The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to the single racially-aggravated public order charge. “I’ve seen the footage of you mouthing off at the protest,” said Judge Matthews, who asked Ferguson to explain his actions, in an exchange with the neo-Nazi.

“It was in the heat of the moment, tensions were quite high,” Ferguson told the judge. “I was also getting called X, Y, Z. I’ve seen the videos and it is awkward to watch,” he admitted.

“How was it for those you were shouting at – they were the target of this Jewish hate?” asked Judge Matthews.

“They probably felt a lot worse,” admitted Ferguson, from Barberry Crescent in Bootle, near Liverpool.

After repeating some of the abuse Ferguson shouted, Judge Matthews said: “It’s quite shameful isn’t it?”

“These two individuals had been at me all day,” said Ferguson, who claimed he had been singled out because he was with his partner, who he said was a prominent far-right social media figure. “It’s not justifiable at all but I didn’t believe I should be tarnished because I’m with a person who is in the public eye.”

Judge Matthews called Ferguson’s offence ‘horribly racially-aggravated’, but told the court it was an offence that could legally only be dealt with by fining him.

She said because of the racially-aggravated nature of the offence, she would double the amount he would have to pay and, with court costs and a victim surcharge, ordered him to pay a total of £600.

Bristol Post