simon sheppard and stephen whittle Racist Scum BBC Look North

Two men have been jailed after becoming the first in the UK to be convicted of inciting racial hatred online.
Simon Sheppard, 51, of Selby in North Yorkshire, received four years and 10 months, and Stephen Whittle, 42, of Preston, two years and four months.
The men printed leaflets and controlled websites featuring racist material.
They fled to the US after being convicted of race-hate offences at a trial at Leeds Crown Court last year, but failed in an asylum bid.
Sheppard, of Brook Street, Selby, was found guilty of 11 offenses and Whittle, of Avenham Lane, Preston, was found guilty of five offenses at a trial in July last year. Such offenses as these have, by their very nature, the potential to cause grave social harm
Judge Rodney Grant
The neo-Nazi asylum seekers
Sheppard was convicted of a further five charges in January 2009.

However, before the jury in the first trial could return verdicts, both men fled to Los Angeles International airport and attempted to claim political asylum.
Their bid was thrown out by a US immigration judge.
The men were charged with publishing and distributing racially inflammatory material, and possessing racially inflammatory material with a view to distribution.

Leeds Crown Court was told Whittle wrote offensive articles that were then published on the internet by Sheppard.
The published material included images of murdered Jews alongside cartoons and articles ridiculing ethnic groups.
Judge Rodney Grant told the men their material was "abusive and insulting" and had the potential to cause "grave social harm".
He added: "Such offences as these have, by their very nature, the potential to cause grave social harm, particularly in a society such as ours which has, for a number of years now, been multi-racial.
'Groundbreaking case'
"These are serious offences. I can say without any hesitation that I have rarely seen, or had to read or consider, material which is so abusive and insulting... towards racial groups within our own society."
The investigation into Sheppard began when a complaint about a leaflet, called "Tales of the Holohoax", was reported to police in 2004 after it was pushed through the door of a synagogue in Blackpool.
It was traced back to a post office box in Hull registered to Sheppard.
Humberside Police later found a website featuring racially inflammatory material.
The force's Adil Khan, head of diversity and community cohesion, said: "This case is groundbreaking.
"It involved Humberside Police along with our colleagues from other forces.
"Inciting racial hatred is a crime and one which seems to occur too regularly. This kind of material will not be tolerated as this lengthy investigation shows."

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[roger1947]

Adil Khan "Head of Diversity" Humberside Police: "Ah don't understand people who publish such things and again they'r a small minority so ah think we've got some very good people in our community People who have challenged and worked tirelessly to GET RID of this type of behaviour attitude in our community and this is ANOTHER CASE today that's resolved and GOT RID of people with very despicable views"

There is something scary about a "Diversity" policeman who talks about "GET(ting) RID of people

[symanleedsuk]

Whats even scarier is people that try to condone theses rasists.

[M13Red77insidejob]

simon sheppard should be prime minister

[statewithinastateuk]

Fight the Zionist Occupation Government of Britain.

[oveid]

How can ANY speech be hate speech in america? This is the answer

In jews opinion, humans are forbidden from disagreeing with jews . In jews opinion, jews are forbidden from agreeing to disagree with non-jews. In jews opinion, non-jews are human-cattle. In jews opinion, jews being proven lyers regarding human soap and lampshades, mass-electrocusions, shrunken heads, baby kindling and the 6 million figure, doesn't effect peoples faith in holocostianity one bit !

[GriefTourist]

sheppard used to run the combat 18 website

his personal website heretical  is weird....i've also read about his time working in a recording studio for name bands, about 30 years ago

[sammy1324]

What I find most appalling is that anyone could be arrested in a western country for their views. Thank god I live in the United States. I find it pathetic that European countries arrest people for thoughts and views. This is what the Soviet Union did.

[BBCRacismWatch]

@JohnnyRock2000 so does the BBC, with its ugly racism.

[JohnnyRock2000]

Watch out for Hate crimes. They seek to control even your thoughts.

[anyfekinnamewilldo]

Head of Diversity..OMFG this country is finished

[FreiMarienburg]

@symanleedsuk, you are complete scum. You support the jailing of people for having a belief. This just proves that Nationalism is Truth. Despite all the negative propaganda and even special laws, the Truth still shines through! Why don't they lock up satanists who sacrifice animals you piece of shit? Now run to youtube and flag me you coward.