The "head of fitness" at far-right organisation Patriotic Alternative was jailed for sharing manifestos that encouraged extreme terror attacks.
Fitness guru Kristofer Thomas Kearney, who went by the name Charlie Big Potatoes on Telegram, pleaded guilty in March to two offences of disseminating terrorist publications. The two offences relate to two Telegram posts on January 23 and March 8 2021 which saw the 38-year-old share dozens of documents encouraging extreme right-wing terror attacks.
These included the manifestos of Christchurch mosque killer Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway. Kearney posted a numbered list and links to 89 extreme right-wing documents in 2021. The court heard material on his profile depicted violence or encouraged violence in the battle against "white genocide".
