An ‘armchair thug’ who used social media to urge far-Right yobs to ‘smash the f***’ out of a hotel housing 200 asylum seekers was today jailed for 20 months.
Jordan Parlour became the first man to be sentenced over Facebook posts relating to the violent disorder sweeping the UK since the Southport murders on July 29.
The 28-year-old sign installer, who could not take to the streets himself as he had a broken heel, incited protesters to target the Britannia Hotel near his home in Leeds.
COURT HEARD
He was sent to prison by Recorder of Leeds Judge Guy Kearl KC at the city’s crown court Friday afternoon after being remanded into custody on Tuesday.
Parlour – who appeared to blow a raspberry as he was led from court – had pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred and using threatening, abusive or insulting words.
HE’S THE FIRST MAN TO BE IMPRISONED
In another first since the recent disorder began, a man who encouraged people to start a riot on social media became the first person from Wales to be imprisoned.
Richard Williams, 34, of Buckley, Flintshire, posted ‘let’s f***ing riot’ and shared a derogatory meme about migrants in a local Facebook group about protests.
Williams was jailed for 12 weeks after pleading guilty at Mold Magistrates’ Court to one count of sending menacing messages via a public communication network.
