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Man who allegedly wrote hate blog about Luciana Berger driven by 'fierce antisemitism', court told

Joshua Bonehill-Payne was described as a "committed proponent of antisemitic views"

December 5, 2016 15:07
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A Labour MP was branded a "rodent" and an "evil money-grabber" in anti-Jewish blogs "littered with hate", a court has heard.

Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, was allegedly harassed online by Joshua Bonehill-Payne, a "committed proponent of antisemitic views", over a four month period.

The Old Bailey was told that Bonehill-Paine, 24, posted five "hateful and insulting" articles about Ms Berger and blaming her for the jailing of Garron Helm, a far-right extremist he regarded as a comrade.

Helm was jailed for four weeks after pleading guilty to sending a malicious communication by tweeting a picture of Ms Berger with a Star of David superimposed on her forehead accompanied by the words "Hitler was right".

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