Man jailed for arson threat on mosques
Manchester Evening News|November 19, 2024
A FATHER-OF-FOUR who made a TikTok video threatening to burn down every mosque in Newcastle has been jailed for 20 months.
Man jailed for arson threat on mosques

James Aspin, 34, from Briardale Road, Blyth, Northumberland, posted what a judge called a "hugely offensive and dangerous" four-minute video on August 8, shortly after the murder of three girls in Southport.

Aspin was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting distributing a recording intending to stir up racial hatred.

The defendant, who had 921 followers on the platform, was drunk when he made the recording.

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