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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray, Rajeev Syal and agencies

Two men jailed for social media posts that stirred up far-right violence

Jordan Parlour and Tyler Kay
Jordan Parlour (left) and Tyler Kay are the first people charged for posting criminal messages online linked to the recent unrest. Composite: West Yorkshire Police/Northamptonshire Police/PA

Two men have been sent to prison for stirring up hatred and violence online after the Southport attack, in the first cases of their kind linked to the recent riots seen across the country.

Jordan Parlour, 28, was jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred with Facebook posts in which he advocated an attack on a hotel in Leeds as part of the violent public disorder that swept England last week.

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