Southport riots: Father jailed for calling for mosques to be burned

LondoncTypeface:> A 43-year-old man from Wales who called on Facebook for mosques to be burned down has been jailed for two years. Geraint Boyce, of the village ogf Penrhiwfer, was sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Thursday over Facebook posts published during the riots earlier this year. Boyce pleaded guilty to publishing threatening material intended to stir up religious hatred. The father of three made and shared a series of comments on July 31 including ones that called for mosques to be burned down with "the bastards inside.” Alex Orndal, prosecuting, told the court the posts had been made following the murder of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the north-western English town of Southport and the widespread disruption that followed. He said the comments were made on a public Facebook profile called "Boyce’s Plumbing,” which the defendant had been logged into on arrest. (dpa)