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Matthew Cooper

Former prison officer tells jury he had no intention of stirring up hatred on X

General view of Loughborough Magistrates’ Court where Mark Heath is on trial (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A former prison officer accused of stirring up racial hatred on social media has told a jury he did not back a “call to arms” in the wake of the Southport attacks and regarded last summer’s riots as stupid.

Wheelchair user Mark Heath is accused of stirring up racial hatred on X, formerly known as Twitter, by publishing allegedly threatening, abusive or insulting material to the site between July 22 and August 6 this year.

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