‘Key architect’ of riots after Southport attack jailed for seven and a half years Andrew McIntyre, who pleaded guilty to encouraging violent disorder, motivated by racial hatred, says judge.
A man described as a leading organiser of last summer’s riots has been jailed for seven and a half years for using social media to encourage people to take part in the disorder.
Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up” in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July last year, Liverpool crown court was told.
The campaign group Hope Not Hate said afterwards that McIntyre was a “leading organiser” and “key architect” of the riots and the UK was a safer place because he was now in jail.
Sentencing McIntyre, Judge Neil Flewitt KC said the defendant was “prominent” among people responsible for spreading misinformation after the Southport attack.
