{"id":7655,"date":"2018-03-09T21:08:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T21:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2018-03-09T21:08:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T21:08:55","slug":"britain-first-leaders-jailed-over-anti-muslim-hate-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/britain-first-leaders-jailed-over-anti-muslim-hate-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain First leaders jailed over anti-Muslim hate crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BritainBy Kevin Rawlinson:<\/strong> The leaders of the far-right group Britain First have been jailed for a series of hate crimes against Muslims.
\nThe group\u2019s leader, Paul Golding, was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, while deputy, Jayda Fransen, was sentenced to 36 weeks on Wednesday. They had each been found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment at Folkestone magistrate\u2019s court earlier the same day.
\n\u201cThese defendants were not merely exercising their right to free speech but were instead aiming religiously aggravated abuse at innocent members of the public,\u201d the prosecutor told the court.
\nThey were both arrested in May last year as part of an investigation into the distribution of leaflets and online videos posted during a trial at Canterbury crown court in the same month.
\nThree Muslim men and a teenager were convicted of rape and jailed as a result of those proceedings.
\nOn Wednesday, the judge Justin Barron said Golding and Fransen\u2019s words and actions \u201cdemonstrated hostility\u201d towards Muslims and the Muslim faith.
\n\u201cI have no doubt it was their joint intention to use the facts of the [Canterbury] case for their own political ends. It was a campaign to draw attention to the race, religion and immigrant background of the defendants.\u201d
\nBoth were convicted over an incident at a takeaway in Ramsgate, in Kent, during which Fransen banged on the windows and doors and screamed \u201cpaedophile\u201d and \u201cforeigner\u201d. Two children were playing in the middle of the shop and Jamshed Khesrow, a friend of the owners, was inside.
\nThe judge dismissed a second charge against the pair over an incident alleged to have taken place outside Canterbury crown court later that day.
\nFransen was convicted on another count related to a visit to a house she wrongly believed to be the address of a defendant in the Canterbury trial, Sershah Muslimyar. Golding was cleared of uploading a video of that incident.
\nFransen was convicted on a third count over an incident at the home of Tamin Rahmani, during which she shouted racist abuse through the front door while his pregnant partner was inside.
\nJaswant Narwal, the chief crown prosecutor in the south-east, said: \u201cThe victims suffered the distress of the abuse followed by additional stress when the footage was uploaded to the internet.\u201d
\nBritain First has been noted for its extreme white supremacist and anti-Muslim stances in the past, and Fransen gained particular notoriety when racially charged videos she published on Twitter were retweeted by Donald Trump.
\nAt least one was later found to be fake and the incident caused a rift between Trump and Theresa May.
\nSource: theguardian.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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