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Man who said Jews should be exterminated and decorated house with Hitler portrait jailed

Samuel Doyle was sentenced to three years in prison at Manchester Crown Court

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An antisemitic man whose house was decorated with Nazi flags and a portrait of Adolf Hitler has been jailed.

Samuel Doyle also called for the extermination of Jewish people and promoted the former German dictator in online posts.

He came to the attention of officers from Counter Terrorism Policing East Midlands (CTPEM) after intelligence about his online activity was passed to them.

Doyle was arrested in February 2022 at his home and officers uncovered more evidence of his Extreme Right-Wing views.

His house was adorned with Nazi flags and fridge magnets, fascist and racist manifestos and books, and a portrait of Hitler.

Following two no comment interviews, Doyle was charged and later pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing or publishing written material to stir up racial hatred.

Doyle, of Glossop, Derbyshire, was jailed for three years at Manchester Crown Court on Monday.

Detective Inspector Chris Brett, from CTPEM, said: "Freedom of speech is an important part of our shared British values - and something that is enshrined in law.

"However, those freedoms are not without limit and it is clear that the views Samuel Doyle expressed online stepped well over the line into criminality.

"The posts he wrote are abhorrent - calling directly for violent action to be taken against a number of minority groups.”

He added: "Some may say that posting online is different to expressing these views in person, but that is absolutely not the case.

"We have seen across the world how online posting of this nature has had serious 'real world' outcomes - including, sadly, fatalities.

"In recent years we have seen an increasing number of cases involving people who have been pulled into online hate speech and extremist views, and I would urge people who are concerned about family, friends or colleagues to come forward and report their behaviour."

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