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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Eleanor Barlow

Taxi-driver jailed for social media posts which encouraged violent disorder

Andrew McIntyre has been jailed for seven and a half years (Merseyside Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A taxi-driver whose posts on social media were a “catalyst” for violent disorder has been jailed for seven and a half years.

Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up”, in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack at a children’s dance class in the Merseyside town on July 29 last year, Liverpool Crown Court was told on Monday.

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