The leaders of the far-right group Britain First have been jailed for a series of hate crimes against Muslims. The group’s leader, Paul Golding, was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, while deputy, Jayda Fransen, was sentenced to 36 weeks on Wednesday. They were both arrested in May last year as part of an investigation into the distribution of leaflets and online videos posted during a trial at Canterbury crown court in the same month. Three Muslim men and a teenager were convicted of rape and jailed as a result of those proceedings. The judge dismissed a second charge against the pair over an incident alleged to have taken place outside Canterbury crown court later that day.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2018 16:29 UTC