Article 6YCM9 Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

by
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6YCM9)

Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham

An engineer who posted burn any hotels with those scruffy bastards in it" online as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for 15 months.

Joseph Haythorne, 26, from Ashford in Surrey, posted the comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, at lunchtime on 4 August last year, just as violence was breaking out near Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025
Reply 0 comments