A 20-year-old who used social media to try and incite unrest in Huddersfield has been jailed in the latest conviction in West Yorkshire for disorder.
Harvey Gardener (20) of Queens Way, Kirkburton was jailed for nine months at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday August 28 for encouraging or assisting in the commission of an either way offence believing it would be committed.
The charge related to social media posts Gardener created between August 3 and August 5 encouraging violent disorder in Huddersfield.
His sentencing followed that of a Leeds man who was jailed on Tuesday in a separate case investigated as part of the force’s response to the national disorder.
Nicholas Hemmingway (34) of Walpole Road Leeds was jailed on August 27 for a total of 12 months.
The 34-year-old was jailed for an offence of intending to cause religiously aggravated harassment, alarm and distress in an incident in Leeds on August 3.
Both males were also made subject of five year Criminal Behaviour Orders at their sentencing hearings.
James Gettings (35) of Landseer Walk, Bramley was sentenced to eight months in prison at Leeds Magistrates Court on Thursday 15 August.
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