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Stafford far-right extremist jailed for encouraging terrorism and sharing Breivik manifesto

A 46-year-old Stafford man has been jailed for five years and three months after admitting encouraging terrorism and sharing Anders Breivik's manifesto in far-right Telegram groups.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-17 03:46

The court heard that Jennings was an “active participant” in at least seven extreme right-wing groups on the social media platform Telegram. Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft said Jennings, who joined the far-right organisation Patriotic Alternative in early 2024, discussed killing Jews, Muslims and migrants and called for the murder of hundreds of people he labelled “subhumans.” In one group, Jennings said he was in touch with a man “who wanted to go in a boat and make a difference to the amount of people coming into the UK,” according to the court.

When asked in another post if he supported murder, Jennings wrote: “It’s not murder because we are at war. If it’s subhumans, it’s justified and actually needed.” On 22 August that year, he searched online for motorboat chartering services at Dover and for how much it cost to hire a boat in the UK. A week later, another user shared a video of a boat, and Jennings commented: “We need one of those to take out the dinghy divers.”

He told another chat group “something needed to be done soon” and that each person “needs to take out at least 200 and stop the constant influx [of migrants].” He also shared a post about an event in Manchester celebrating Pakistan’s independence day, identifying it as a target with the message: “We need to start acting.” He made reference to the 51 people killed in the Christchurch terror attacks, a mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand on 15 October 2019, adding: “We need a bigger impact.”

The court heard that another user commented on the Pakistan independence day post: “It disgusts me to see that in the UK.” Jennings replied: “Exactly, we need to start acting to turn the tables.” In another comment about the event, he wrote: “If I go to prison for anything, it’s going to be for making a real change.” In a smaller group of eight participants, there was discussion about the most poisonous mushrooms and how to get them into the food of Jews or Muslims, Oscroft told the court.

Defence barrister Oliver Renton said Jennings was “struggling with deep existential fears about himself” after he collapsed at work in 2023 in cardiac arrest. Renton said Jennings descended into “fear and isolation” and became susceptible to “nihilistic, bleak worldviews.” In his sentencing remarks, Judge Lockhart KC said Jennings had “deeply held abhorrent and racist views.”