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Extremist loses appeal against jail sentence

May 19, 2016 10:22
Joshua Bonehill-Paine

ByAnonymous, Anonymous

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A right-wing extremist jailed for posting antisemitic comments has had his appeal against his sentence rejected.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 23, from Yeovil, Somerset, was imprisoned for three years and four months at Southwark Crown Court last December.

The former hospice worker was convicted of inciting racial hatred after posting antisemitic material online ahead of a far-right rally planned to take place in Golders Green, in north-west London, last year.

Bonehill-Paine had described the rally as an "anti-Jewification event" designed to "liberate Golders Green as part of the summer of hate". He challenged his sentence at London's Appeal Court this week. But Lord Justice Hamblen, sitting with Mr Justice Goss and Judge Wait, refused to rule his punishment excessive.