A man who kept a gun next to his bed and shared videos from a banned organisation spread misinformation about the Holocaust.
Wirral man Alan Madden, of Boundary Road, Port Sunlight, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court after being snared by a Counter Terrorism Policing North West investigation into suspected right-wing extremism material on social media. Madden had already pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to a litany of offences including dissemination of a terrorist publication, relating to the sharing of National Action material, and three counts of stirring up racial hatred.
Investigations into the 65-year-old's social media use found he had shared emails with a man called Michael Wright in 2017, where he called National Action "the real deal" for people like themselves. Liverpool Crown Court heard Madden, who was interviewed by police 18 times as part of the investigation, thought the banned far-right group were "commendable" - and added they were "youngsters trying to do something about serious issues".
