"Critical thinker' riot thug get jailed as dark past revealed

A SELF-PROCLAIMED fighter' who filmed a sickening attack on a black man in Piccadilly Gardens as disorder broke out while shouting 'kill him' was caught out by his own footage.

- AMY WALKER

As trouble flared in Manchester city centre on August 3, Warren Gilchrest filmed the vicious mob assault. He was heard taunting the man, laughing and ordering other yobs to 'stamp on his f***ing face!

Gilchrest's video was played at Manchester Crown Court as he was sentenced for his part in the ugly scenes.

The 52-year-old called police who stepped in to protect the man 'vermin, before bellowing at the man as he cowered on the ground: "How do you feel, d***head?"

In another clip, Gilchrest could be heard chanting with others: "Save our kids."

He also offensive repeated chants referring to Allah.

In police drone footage, he was captured kicking out at a cop twice.

"In another section of the video, he confronts with others a group of Asian females who are wearing headscarves," prosecutor Philip Hall said.

"When a male comes to escort the women away, the defendant says to him 'controlling women, later adding 'you're getting slapped, women or not... yeah f*** off, drag your b**** away."

Gilchrest, from Manchester, continued to film as a large group walked down Mosley Street, before they kicked in the doors of a Sainsbury's store and targeted a vape 6 shop.

At one point, he turned the camera around and posed with another thug, shouting: "England, take it back."

Gilchrest was arrested days later.

Mr Hall said the video was 'used to prosecute him and others.

"The defendant runs his own social media channel in which he describes himself as a 'freedom fighter' and 'critical thinker," he added.

The court heard he had numerous convictions, including for violence and child sex offences.

Mitigating, Tobias Collins said: "On his behalf, whatever view is taken of his involvement, he has had the decency, for want of a better word, to hold his hands up."