Sentence of White Supremacist Told to Read Classics Referred to Court of Appeal
29th September 2021
Ben John, 21, a former student, was convicted of a terror offence after downloading almost 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making instructions.
He didn’t actually do anything, or plan to do anything. He just had information in his possession.
He was given a two-year suspended sentence at Leicester crown court after his conviction on 12 August of possessing a record of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Just for possessing information. This is what Britain has descended to. But that’s not the worst part.
Among those who called for the sentenced to be reviewed was Hope Not Hate, the anti-racism campaign group, which said it was unduly lenient and sent a dangerous message at a time when the far right poses Britain’s fastest-growing terror threat.
They want him to go to prison for ThoughtCrime. Welcome to IngSoc.