A Stafford man who called for migrants and members of minority communities to be killed and took part in online discussions about poisoning Jewish and Muslim people has been jailed for more than five years.
Ivan Jennings, 46, was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday to five years and three months in prison, followed by a further five years on extended licence.
Jennings had pleaded guilty to encouraging terrorism between August 15 and November 14, 2024, and to disseminating a terrorist publication on August 21, 2024.
The publication was the manifesto of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik.
The court heard that Jennings was an active participant in at least seven extreme right-wing groups operating on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram.
Prosecutors said he called for hundreds of migrants to be killed and had searched online for motorboat charter services in Dover in August 2024 after discussions about migrants crossing the English Channel.
The court also heard that Jennings identified an event celebrating Pakistan’s Independence Day in Manchester as a potential target and made references to the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.
In a smaller online group, discussions also took place about poisonous mushrooms and putting them into food intended for Jewish or Muslim people.
Jennings, who worked in a warehouse, had joined the far-right organisation Patriotic Alternative earlier in 2024.
Sentencing him, Judge Andrew Lockhart KC told Jennings that he held “deeply held abhorrent and racist views”.
His extended sentence means Jennings will remain subject to licence conditions for five years following the custodial part of his sentence.
