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Chiara Fiorillo

Neo-Nazis who demanded Archie be 'put down' in vile podcast guilty of terrorism offences

Two neo-Nazis who called for Prince Archie to be "put down" and encouraged listeners to commit violent acts against ethnic minorities have been found guilty of terrorism.

Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh, both from London, were identified by Metropolitan Police officers as being the hosts of a neo-Nazi online podcast.

In their episodes, the pair aired their homophobic, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic views, and on some occasions, they encouraged listeners to go out and commit acts of terrorist violence.

The pair are said to have hated mixed-race relationships and used Harry's marriage to Meghan as an example.

Gibbson, 39, also called for Prince Harry to be "prosecuted" and "judicially killed for treason" in the "Black Wolf Radio" online chat show he hosted with 35-year-old Patten-Walsh.

Tyrone Patten-Walsh hosted the podcast with Gibbons (Metropolitan Police / SWNS)

The two men have now been convicted of terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.

The probe found that Gibbons had also created an online library containing hundreds of extreme right-wing texts and other material, the Met said in a statement released this afternoon.

After assessing the content in the online library and podcast, some material was found to be in breach of terrorism legislation.

Officers found more than 500 videos of extreme right-wing-related speeches and propaganda documents.

Gibbons' neo-Nazi online library had nearly 1,000 subscribers, and the content had been viewed more than 152,000 times, the Met Police said.

Among the files analysed by officers, the force found seven videos and a document that, as well as containing extremist views, contained imagery, rhetoric or information that encouraged others to carry out terrorist acts.

Gibbons and Patten-Walsh were arrested in May 2021 and charged on August 16, 2021.

The two men targeted Prince Archie in their neo-Nazi podcast (Getty Images)

They were both convicted of encouraging acts of terrorism following a trial at Kingston Crown Court which ended today.

The neo-Nazis have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on September 26.

Commander Dominic Murphy, who leads the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: "Gibbons and Patten-Walsh thought that the fact they were airing their hateful views and advocating terrorist acts in plain sight, on a radio and podcast platform, somehow gave them some legitimacy and meant they wouldn't face any consequences.

"They were wrong, and both our investigation and a jury has found that they sought to encourage terrorism in how they expressed their abhorrent extreme right-wing views.

"During the course of the investigation, detectives reviewed hundreds of hours of material, and the result of their work was the compelling case that was presented at court which has resulted in their convictions.

"If you come across extremist content online, report it to police and we will act. Information from the public is vitally important in our fight against terrorism."

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