James Costello, a 38-year-old man from Kirkby, has been sentenced to five years in prison for 19 offences of stirring up racial hatred. Costello, who was a leading figure in a white supremacist movement, created a website that was filled with racist material.
The criminal investigation was launched by Merseyside Police in July 2021 after several members of the public reported finding stickers on lampposts across Merseyside advertising the racist website. Detectives and uniformed police officers executed search warrants and arrested Costello on suspicion of running the website. During the search, officers discovered a significant amount of racist material linked to the website.
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