'Neo-Nazi' leader of National Action jailed for eight years

'Neo-Nazi' leader of National Action jailed for eight years

The leader of neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years after he was found guilty of membership of the banned group .

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, from Warrington, was sentenced at the Old Bailey. Another prominent National Action member, Matthew Hankinson, 24, was jailed for six years for membership of the group.

The far-right group was banned by the Home Secretary over its support of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed to death in 2016 by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

The court was told that Lythgoe had regarded the death of the Batley and Spen MP in her own constituency as a "little victory".

Lythgoe was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer.

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He was also accused of encouraging the murder of the West Lancashire MP, but was found not guilty.

Image: Labour MP Rosie Cooper was the target of a murder plot

The plot was foiled after whistle-blower Robbie Mullen leaked details of a meeting between members to campaigner group Hope Not Hate in July last year.

Jack Renshaw, 23, pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism by buying a knife to kill the politician and threatening a police officer.

Renshaw, from Skelmersdale in Lancashire, has also been convicted of inciting racial hatred in speeches in 2016.

He was accused of being a member of National Action, but the jury failed to reach a verdict.

They also failed to reach verdicts on Andrew Clarke, 33, and Michal Trubini, 35.

Garron Helm, 24, was acquitted of the same charge.

Image: Jack Renshaw, 23, pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism and threatening a police officer

Head of Investigations for Counter Terrorism Policing in the North West, detective superintendent Will Chatterton, said: "Today's result has enabled the spotlight to be shone on the sickening activities of the banned extreme right-wing organisation National Action.

"During the trial, one of those jailed today stood before the court and openly denied the Holocaust had taken place - an unimaginably horrific event that resulted in the murder of millions of Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime.

"Today's result is a body blow to extreme right-wing organisations such as National Action.

"It sends out a clear message that counter-terrorism officers and partner agencies will rigorously identify and investigate any violently extreme individual or group who seek to bring a reign of terror to our shores."

Mr Justice Jay said the group had a "truly evil and dystopian vision" to create a race war and had been kept going by Lythgoe's obsessive determination.

He said that Lythgoe "did nothing to stop or discourage" the plot to kill Ms Cooper.

The judge added that while its numbers were too small to achieve its true aims, there was a risk that the group's ideology could have inspired terror attacks.

Image: The defendants were tried at the Old Bailey

He described Lythgoe as a "fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism".

Ms Cooper, who sat in court as the men were jailed, said in a statement: "I think it's awful that any public servant - teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP - should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do.

"To that end, I'd like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life.

National Action is the first extreme right-wing group to be banned by the government since World War Two and had up to 100 members at its height.

The court heard that the group planned to "wipe out" non-white people "by any means necessary".

In his sentencing, Mr Justice Jay said that National Action meetings, under Lythgoe's leadership had continued on a "modest" scale after the group was banned by then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd.

The prosecution alleged the meetings continued in pubs and a mixed martial arts gym in Warrington.

All six defendants denied being members of National Action.</s>The leader of banned neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years. Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer. It came just over a year after fellow Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in her Batley and Spen constituency by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair. The plan was foiled by a whistle-blower Robbie Mullen, who leaked details of a meeting at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington to campaigner group Hope Not Hate in July last year.

Jack Renshaw, 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, has pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism in relation to the plot and threatening a police officer. He has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported. Lythgoe, from Warrington, was charged with being a member of National Action after it was banned by the Home Secretary over its support for the murder of Mrs Cox. He was also accused of encouraging the murder of West Lancashire Labour MP Ms Cooper by telling Renshaw not to “f* it up” during the meeting on July 1. A jury deliberated for 20 hours at the Old Bailey to find him guilty of membership of National Action but not guilty of encouraging Renshaw.

Prominent member Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of belonging to National Action and was jailed for six years. The jury acquitted Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, of the same charge. Mr Justice Jay described National Action as having a “truly evil and dystopian vision” of waging a race war. Without Lythgoe’s obsessive determination to keep it going it would have “withered and died on the vine”. While numbers were too small to achieve its aims, there was a real risk it could have inspired acts of terror by its perverted ideology, the judge said.</s>The leader of banned neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years following an investigation into a foiled plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper.

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was accused of taking the far-right organisation underground after it was banned in December 2016 over its support for the killing of MP Jo Cox.

It had been claimed he encouraged a plan to kill Ms Cooper with a sword by telling Jack Renshaw not to “f*** it up” when they met at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington.

A jury deliberated for 20 hours to find Lythgoe guilty of membership of National Action but clear him of involvement in the terror plot.

Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of being a prominent member of National Action and was jailed for six years.

Renshaw, 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, had previously admitted preparing for an act of terrorism and threatening a police officer.

His plan was leaked to campaigners at Hope Not Hate by whistleblower Robbie Mullen, who attended the pub meeting in July last year.

It came just over a year after Labour MP Ms Cox was shot and stabbed in her Batley and Spen constituency by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

Renshaw has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported.

Sentencing, Mr Justice Jay described National Action as having a “truly evil and dystopian vision” of waging a race war.

Without Lythgoe’s obsessive determination to keep it going, the group would have “withered and died on the vine”, he said.

“Fortunately… the truly evil and dystopian vision I am describing could never have been achieved through the activities of National Action, a very small group operating at the very periphery of far-right wing extremism.

“The real risk to society inheres instead in the carrying out of isolated acts of terror inspired by the perverted ideology I have been describing.”

Mr Justice Jay told Lythgoe: “You are a fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with concomitant, deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism.”

He added that Lythgoe “did nothing to stop or discourage” the plot to kill Ms Cooper.

Ms Cooper, who sat in court, said: “I think it’s awful that any public servant – teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP – should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do.

“To that end, I’d like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life.

“I’d also like to thank Lancashire and Merseyside Police and the counter-terrorism police who have supported me greatly, and who have kept me, my staff and the general public safe.”

National Action is the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed by the Government since the Second World War.

At its height, it had a membership of up to 100 young white men, drawn from universities.

Dressed in black skull masks, they would gather for flash demonstrations, waving banners and making Nazi salutes.

In December 2016, the group was banned by the then home secretary Amber Rudd over its support for the murder of Mrs Cox.

Lythgoe reacted to news of the ban by telling members they would “just shed one skin for another”.

The prosecution alleged they continued to meet in pubs and train at a new mixed martial arts gym in Warrington.

Lythgoe’s lawyer, Crispin Aylett QC, suggested Mr Mullen had implicated National Action in Renshaw’s plot because he was “in the pocket of Hope Not Hate” and it was what they wanted to hear.

The Old Bailey jury acquitted Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, of being a member of National Action.

It failed to reach verdicts on Renshaw, Andrew Clarke, 33, and Michal Trubini, 35, from Warrington, who face the same charge.

Detective Superintendent Will Chatterton, head of investigations for counter-terrorism policing for the North West, said: “Today’s result has enabled the spotlight to be shone on the sickening activities of the banned extreme right-wing organisation National Action.

“During the trial, one of those jailed today stood before the court and openly denied the Holocaust had taken place – an unimaginably horrific event that resulted in the murder of millions of Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime.

“Today’s result is a body blow to extreme right-wing organisations such as National Action.

“It sends out a clear message that counter-terrorism officers and partner agencies will rigorously identify and investigate any violently extreme individual or group who seek to bring a reign of terror to our shores.”</s>Two members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action have been jailed.

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, who was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder the Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer, was jailed for eight years.

It came just over a year after fellow Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in her Batley and Spen constituency by the neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of belonging to National Action and jailed for six years.

Lythgoe, from Warrington, was charged with being a member of National Action after it was banned by the home secretary over its support for the murder of Cox.

A jury deliberated for 20 hours at the Old Bailey to find him guilty of membership of National Action.

The jury acquitted Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, of being a member of the group.

Jack Renshaw, 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, has pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism in relation to the plot and threatening a police officer. He has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported.

Lythgoe was found not guilty of encouraging Renshaw.

Mr Justice Jay described National Action as having a “truly evil and dystopian vision” of waging a race war. Without Lythgoe’s obsessive determination to keep it going it would have “withered and died on the vine”.

While numbers were too small to achieve its aims, there was a real risk it could have inspired acts of terror by its perverted ideology, the judge said.

He told Lythgoe: “You are a fully fledged neo-Nazi complete with deep-seated racism and antisemitism.

He added that Lythgoe “did nothing to stop or discourage” the plot to kill Cooper.

He told Hankinson he was also a prominent member who hated ethnic minorities and Jews, and advocated violence. Cooper sat in court as the men were jailed.</s>A "fully fledged neo-Nazi" has been jailed after being found guilty of membership of banned far-right group National Action.

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, from Warrington, was sentenced to eight years at the Old Bailey.

The far-right group was banned by the Home Secretary over its support of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed to death in 2016 by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

The court was told that Lythgoe had regarded the death of the Batley and Spen MP in her own constituency as a "little victory".

Lythgoe, believed to be the leader of the group, was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer.

He was also accused of encouraging the murder of the West Lancashire MP, but was found not guilty.

The plot was foiled after whistle-blower Robbie Mullen leaked details of a meeting between members to campaigner group Hope Not Hate in July last year.

Jack Renshaw, 23, pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism by buying a knife to kill the politician and threatening a police officer.

Renshaw, from Skelmersdale in Lancashire, has also been convicted of inciting racial hatred in speeches in 2016.

He was accused of being a member of National Action, but the jury failed to reach a verdict.

They also failed to reach a verdict on Andrew Clarke, 33, and Michal Trubini, 35.

Another prominent National Action member, Matthew Hankinson, 24, was jailed for six years for membership of the group.

Garron Helm, 24, was acquitted of the same charge.

Mr Justice Jay said the group had a "truly evil and dystopian vision" to create a race war and had been kept going by Lythgoe's obsessive determination.

He said that Lythgoe "did nothing to stop or discourage" the plot to kill Ms Cooper.

The judge added that while its numbers were too small to achieve its true aims, there was a risk that the group's ideology could have inspired terror attacks.

He described Lythgoe as a "fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism".

Ms Cooper, who sat in court as the men were jailed, said in a statement: "I think it's awful that any public servant - teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP - should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do.

"To that end, I'd like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life.

"I'd also like to thank Lancashire and Merseyside Police and the counter-terrorism police who have supported me greatly, and who have kept me, my staff and the general public safe.

National Action is the first extreme right-wing group to be banned by the government since World War Two and had up to 100 members at its height.

The court heard that the group planned to "wipe out" non-white people "by any means necessary".</s>The leader of a banned Neo Nazi terror group has been jailed for eight years today.

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was in charge of the white supremacist organisation, National Action, which was outlawed in December 2016 after endorsing the murder of Labour MP, Jo Cox.

Lythgoe was accused of granting permission to Jack Renshaw, 23, to carry out the murder of Labour MP Rosie Cooper at a meeting in a Warrington pub on 1 July last year.

Renshaw admitted buying a 19-inch 'Gladius Machete' in preparation for the murder plot, but jurors cleared Lythgoe of granting him permission to carry out the attack on behalf of National Action.</s>The leader of banned neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years. Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer. It came just over a year after fellow Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in her Batley and Spen constituency by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair. The plan was foiled by whistleblower Robbie Mullen, who leaked details of a meeting at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington to campaigner group Hope Not Hate in July last year. Jack Renshaw, 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, has pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism in relation to the plot and threatening a police officer.

He has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported. Lythgoe, from Warrington, was charged with being a member of National Action after it was banned by the Home Secretary over its support for the murder of Cox. He was also accused of encouraging the murder of West Lancashire Labour MP Rosie Cooper by telling Renshaw not to “f*** it up” during the meeting on July 1. A jury deliberated for 20 hours at the Old Bailey to find him guilty of membership of National Action but not guilty of encouraging Renshaw.

Prominent member Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of belonging to National Action and was jailed for six years. The jury acquitted Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, of the same charge. Justice Jay described National Action as having a “truly evil and dystopian vision” of waging a race war and that without Lythgoe’s obsessive determination to keep it going it would have “withered and died on the vine”. While numbers were too small to achieve its aims, there was a real risk it could have inspired acts of terror by its perverted ideology, the judge said. Justice Jay told Lythgoe: “You are a fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism. He added that Lythgoe “did nothing to stop or discourage” the plot to kill Cooper. He told Hankinson that he was also a prominent member who hated ethnic minorities and Jews, and advocated violence. Cooper sat in court as the men were jailed.

The MP said in a statement: “I think it’s awful that any public servant – teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP – should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do. “To that end, I’d like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life. “I’d also like to thank Lancashire and Merseyside Police and the counter-terrorism police who have supported me greatly, and who have kept me, my staff and the general public safe.” National Action is the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed by the government since the Second World War. At its height, it had a membership of up to 100 young white men, drawn from universities. Dressed in black skull masks, they would gather for flash demonstrations, waving banners and making Nazi salutes. In December 2016, the group was banned by the then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd over its support for the murder of Cox. Jurors were told that warehouse worker Lythgoe had regarded the death of the 41-year-old MP as a “little victory”. He reacted to news of the ban by telling members that they would “just shed one skin for another”. The prosecution alleged they continued to meet in pubs and train together at a mixed martial arts gym in Warrington. Meanwhile, disillusioned Mullen, 25, began leaking information about National Action to campaign group Hope Not Hate. The defendants denied being members of National Action. Lythgoe’s lawyer, Crispin Aylett QC, suggested Mullen had implicated National Action because he was “in the pocket of Hope Not Hate” and it was what they wanted to hear. Renshaw was accused of being a member of National Action along with Lythgoe, Hankinson, Andrew Clarke, Michal Trubini and Garron Helm. The jury failed to reach verdicts on Renshaw, Clarke, 33, and Trubini, 35, from Warrington. In his sentencing, Justice Jay said that, under Lythgoe’s leadership, National Action meetings continued on a “modest” scale. They kept alive “an aspiration which was truly insidious and evil – the idea that this country should be purged of its ethnic minorities and its Jews, that the rule of law should be subverted, and that once the ideological revolution had taken place this national socialist worldview would triumph”, he said. “The idea that there could be such a triumph without violence is arrant nonsense, despite the weasel words to the contrary.” The judge added: “Fortunately, and I can take this into account to some extent in the defendants’ favour, the truly evil and dystopian vision I am describing could never have been achieved through the activities of National Action, a very small group operating at the very periphery of far-right wing extremism. “The real risk to society inheres instead in the carrying out of isolated acts of terror inspired by the perverted ideology I have been describing.”</s>LONDON (Reuters) - Two Britons were jailed on Wednesday after being convicted of belonging to a banned white supremacist group following a trial in which another defendant had earlier pleaded guilty to plotting to kill an elected Member of Parliament (MP).

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, and Matthew Hankinson, 24, were found guilty at London’s Old Bailey Court of being members of National Action, a neo-Nazi organization that claimed a race war was imminent.

The organization was banned in 2016 after it praised the murder of Jo Cox, a female opposition Labour MP, in a frenzied street attack by a Nazi-obsessed loner, the first far-right group to be outlawed in Britain since World War Two.

At the start of the trial, defendant Jack Renshaw, 23, admitted buying a machete for the purpose of killing another Labour MP, Rosie Cooper, as well as making a threat to kill a female police officer.

Prosecutors said the aim of National Action, which was formed in 2013, was to start a race war. The group had said it wanted to free white Britain from Jewish control and the spread of ethnic minorities.

Lythgoe was its self-appointed leader and the court heard he continued to keep it active after its ban, using a makeshift gym where members could train for race war. He was jailed for eight years while Hankinson was given a six-year prison term.

The jury were unable to decide whether Renshaw or two other men had been members of National Action and cleared another suspect of the same charge, media reported.

Detective Superintendent Will Chatterton, Head of Investigations for Counter Terrorism Policing in northwest England, described the conviction of Lythgoe and Hankinson as a significant blow to National Action and its supporters.

“These individuals were not only intent on broadcasting their vile views and hate speech but were prepared to do so at whatever cost, with no regard for the people who they were openly wanting to harm,” he said in a statement.

In February, Britain’s former top counter-terrorism police officer warned that the country faced a significant threat from far-right terrorism and said four plots by right-wing extremists had been foiled in the previous year.</s>The leader of banned neo-Nazi group National Action has been jailed for eight years following an investigation into a foiled plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper. Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was accused of taking the far-right organisation underground after it was banned in December 2016 over its support for the killing of MP Jo Cox. It had been claimed he encouraged a plan to kill Ms Cooper with a sword by telling Jack Renshaw not to “f* it up” when they met at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington. A jury deliberated for 20 hours to find Lythgoe guilty of membership of National Action but cleared him of involvement in the terror plot.

Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of being a prominent member of National Action and was jailed for six years. Renshaw, 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, had previously admitted preparing for an act of terrorism and threatening a police officer.

His plan was leaked to campaigners at Hope Not Hate by whistleblower Robbie Mullen, who attended the pub meeting in July last year. It came just over a year after Labour MP Ms Cox was shot and stabbed in her Batley and Spen constituency by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

Renshaw has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported. Sentencing, Mr Justice Jay described National Action as having a “truly evil and dystopian vision” of waging a race war. Without Lythgoe’s obsessive determination to keep it going, the group would have “withered and died on the vine”, he said. “Fortunately… the truly evil and dystopian vision I am describing could never have been achieved through the activities of National Action, a very small group operating at the very periphery of far-right wing extremism. “The real risk to society inheres instead in the carrying out of isolated acts of terror inspired by the perverted ideology I have been describing.”

Mr Justice Jay told Lythgoe: “You are a fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with concomitant, deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism.” He added that Lythgoe “did nothing to stop or discourage” the plot to kill Ms Cooper. Ms Cooper, who sat in court, said: “I think it’s awful that any public servant – teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP – should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do. “To that end, I’d like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life. “I’d also like to thank Lancashire and Merseyside Police and the counter-terrorism police who have supported me greatly, and who have kept me, my staff and the general public safe.” Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Ms Cooper thanked MPs from all sides for "the kindness they have shown me".

National Action is the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed by the Government since the Second World War. At its height, it had a membership of up to 100 young white men, drawn from universities. Dressed in black skull masks, they would gather for flash demonstrations, waving banners and making Nazi salutes. In December 2016, the group was banned by the then home secretary Amber Rudd over its support for the murder of Mrs Cox. Lythgoe reacted to news of the ban by telling members they would “just shed one skin for another”. The prosecution alleged they continued to meet in pubs and train at a new mixed martial arts gym in Warrington.</s>The leader of banned group National Action has been jailed for eight years, with a judge describing him as a "fully-fledged neo-Nazi".

Christopher Lythgoe, 32, was arrested by police investigating a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper and a female police officer.

It came just over a year after fellow Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in her constituency by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair.

The plan - which the judge said Lythgoe "did nothing to stop or discourage" - was foiled by a whistle-blower, Robbie Mullen.

Mr Mullen leaked details of a meeting at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington, Cheshire, to campaigner group Hope Not Hate last July.

Jack Renshaw has pleaded guilty to preparing to engage in an act of terrorism in relation to the plot and threatening a police officer.

The 23-year-old, from Lancashire, has also been convicted of stirring up racial hatred in speeches in 2016, it can now be reported.

Lythgoe, from Warrington, was charged with being a member of National Action after it was banned by the Home Secretary over its support for the murder of Mrs Cox in Birstall, West Yorkshire.

He was also accused of encouraging the murder of West Lancashire MP Ms Cooper by telling Renshaw not to "f*** it up" during the meeting on July 1.

Today, a jury at London's Old Bailey found him guilty of membership of National Action but not guilty of encouraging Renshaw.

The verdicts followed 20 hours of deliberations.

Prominent member Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was also found guilty of belonging to National Action.

He was locked up for six years. The jury acquitted Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, of the same charge.

Mr Justice Jay described National Action as having a "truly evil and dystopian vision" of waging a race war.

Without Lythgoe's obsessive determination to keep it going, it would have "withered and died on the vine".

While numbers were too small to achieve its aims, there was a real risk it could have inspired acts of terror by its perverted ideology, the judge said.

Mr Justice Jay told Lythgoe: "You are a fully-fledged neo-Nazi complete with deep-seated racism and anti-Semitism.

He added that Lythgoe "did nothing to stop or discourage" the plot to kill Ms Cooper.

He told Hankinson that he was also a prominent member who hated ethnic minorities and Jews, and advocated violence.

Ms Cooper sat in court as the men were jailed.

The MP said in a statement: "I think it's awful that any public servant - teacher, nurse, doctor, police, MP - should be targeted and threatened with violence simply because of the job they do.

"To that end, I'd like to thank Robbie Mullen, whose information saved my life. I'd also like to thank Lancashire and Merseyside Police and the counter-terrorism police who have supported me greatly, and who have kept me, my staff and the general public safe."
The leader of the banned British far-right designated terrorist group National Action, Christopher Lythgoe, is jailed for eight years for being a member.