Neo-Nazi who proclaimed “I love being a racist” handed three-year prison sentence
A neo-Nazi has been given a three-year prison sentence after it was revealed that he had posted racist material to VK, the Russian social media platform.
David Hutchinson, 61 from Sutton, pleaded guilty to seven offences of publishing racist material, contrary to Section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986, between December 2020 and October 2021.
Mr Hutchinson’s social media profile reportedly included a reference to the numbers 1488, which is often used as a coded reference to the neo-Nazi fourteen-word oath: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”, a slogan initially devised by David Lane, a member of the white supremacist terrorist group “The Order” which was responsible for the murder of Jewish radio host Alan Berg. The number 88 refers to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H, and is intended as a code for “Heil Hitler.”
Additionally, Mr Hutchinson wrote in an online chatroom that he was “waiting for my white race to wake up and fight back”, suggesting he is “looking for 40 men” and is “trying to organise whites”.
In an apparent call to action, he added: “I love being a racist and I want to get in with people who say ‘f*** the system’ and ain’t frightened to fight for a good cause.”
Following the sentencing at Kingston Crown Court, Nick Price, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Over a ten-month period David Hutchinson persistently posted these derogatory racist memes on a social media site which he believed consisted of like-minded people.
“His comments went beyond free speech and demonstrated hostility to several racial groups. By his pleas he has accepted they were intended to stir up hatred against those groups. Hate crimes have a corrosive effect on society and we will always prosecute where there is sufficient evidence to do so.”
Tell MAMA Director Iman Atta said: “We welcome the conviction of 61-year-old neo-Nazi David Hutchinson. They dreamed of turning their vicious, asinine racist views towards Muslim, Jewish, and Black communities online into violence on our streets. Our investigation found extreme racism and homophobia on their VK account.”
Last year, it emerged that VK was reportedly rife with antisemitism, where some examples of the alleged content included offensive caricatures that evoke classic antisemitic tropes of Jews with exaggerated facial features, as well as portraying Jews in positions of power over the media.
Campaign Against Antisemitism closely monitors the far-right, which remains a dangerous threat to the Jewish community and other minority groups.
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