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Jordan Parlour is one of the first people in the UK to be sentenced for stirring up racial hatred from the comfort of his home after the 28-year-old from Leeds wrote vile posts on Facebook
This is the shameless face of a thug jailed after he called for people to "smash the f***" out of a hotel housing refugees, as he and several other men face their day in court over riots across the UK following the horror stabbings in Southport.
Jordan Parlour flicked off the camera in a brazen shot posted on his public social media profile. Parlour, from Seacroft, Leeds, was jailed for 20 months after being charged with spreading racial hatred and using threatening, abusive or insulting words from his armchair. At the time, speaking to his 1,500 Facebook friends, he posted: "Every man and their dog should be smashing f*** out of Britannia Hotel." The post, relating to an East Leeds hotel housing more than 200 refugees and asylum seekers, was brought to authorities’ attention after objects were thrown at it in two terrifying incidents last week.
Parlour was convicted of posting on Facebook between August 1 and August 5 in connection with the attacks on the hotel. The sign installer could not join the riots in person as he had a broken leg and urged rioters to attack the Leeds hotel instead.
The post received six likes and one person responded with the reply: "I’m down if you are my lad", to which Parlour replied: "Start about five bell tonight be my boy but it’s all gravy." Today, the court found him guilty of publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred.
Prosecutor Matthew Donkin said examination of Parlour’s phone showed the post, including a reply from someone else who said: "I’m down if you are my lad?" A reply from the defendant said: "Start by 5 bells tonight...be all gravy." Mr Donkin said: "He was asked about his anger and frustration and he said he posted it because he feels asylum seekers take tax off our people, rape our kids and get priority and he said he’d rather his money go on something else."
The 28-year-old blew a raspberry at the judge in the dock this afternoon as a judge sentenced him and three other yobs over their disgraceful part in the riots at the weekend.
In the next sentencing, fellow yob Jordan Plain was also jailed for eight months after he was filmed making monkey gestures and shouting “rubber lips” towards black and Asian people as hundreds of people took part in rival demonstrations in Leeds city centre. Video footage was played at Leeds Crown Court today showing Plain, 30, making gestures and shouting abuse at the front of the anti-immigration rally outside the city’s art gallery on Saturday afternoon.
This rally took place in front of hundreds of anti-racism protesters, separated by lines of police. At one point Plain was filmed with others mocking Muslim prayers. Plain, of Broadway Horsforth, admitted racially aggravated harassment earlier this week.
Jordan Plain was also jailed for eight months ( Image: West Yorkshire Police)
He told a probation officer he was “ashamed of what he had done and it should never have happened”. The court heard he told probation that he was out drinking in Leeds when he came across the demonstration while he was “six-out-of-ten intoxicated”.
Sameer Ali and Adnan Ghafoor, were sentenced earlier for punching protestors who they claimed racially abused them during the Leeds event on Saturday. The two men, unknown to one another, had been walking on Great George Street in Leeds city centre when violence broke out between them and a group of white men said to be hurling racist abuse.
Ali, 21, from Roundhay, Leeds, was jailed for 20 months after being captured on CCTV throwing punches and kicks in a 30-second violent spree witnessed by revellers in a nearby bar. A missile was also thrown at the four men - one of whom was draped in Union flags - as Ali attacked three people before being pulled off by a member of his group.
Recorder of Leeds Judge Guy Kearl KC said Ali "walked away laughing and congratulating yourself" before turning to the men he attacked "with your arms out wide". Ghafoor, 31, of West Park, Leeds, was given 18 months for affray for also attacking the men, jailed for two and a half years overall after it was heard he had breached a suspended sentence for unrelated driving offences he was sentenced over in April this year.
Sameer Ali from Roundhay and Adnan Ghafoor, Leeds, were also sentenced ( Image: West Yorkshire Police)
Another man, 26-year-old Tyler Kay, is also being sentenced at Northampton crown court on Friday charged with publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. His online posts are also connected to the widespread disorder, and he was previously remanded in custody. Several thugs have already been jailed in courts across the country in swift justice this week as they admitted a host of offences over the riots over the Southport attacks, which saw police officers injured, bricks hurled and cars and buildings set on fire.
At least a dozen people were sentenced on Thursday, including a couple from Hartlepool jailed for two years and two months after after they rioted following an afternoon bingo session. Steven Mailen, 54, and Ryan Sheers, 29, were both bitten by police dogs as they goaded officers amidst the violence on Wednesday last week.
Four people also face jail at Newcastle crown court on Friday following violent disorder in Sunderland last week. Meanwhile, at Inner London crown court, Ozzie Cush will be sentenced for assaulting an emergency worker in Westminster on July 30.
Teesside crown court was set to see three Middlesbrough rioters and one Darlington rioter face prison sentences and in Sheffield, Kenzie Roughley, 18, was to be sentenced for violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.
Sheffield crown court heard a PCSO “feared” for his life while the police van he was in was targeted by rioters near an Aldi in the South Yorkshire town. Footage played showed the Roughley kicking and trying to break into the vehicle.
Suspected rioters will also be appearing in magistrates courts across the country, including in Liverpool, Llandudno, South Tyneside and Wirral. Meanwhile, rumours of further planned demos across the UK on Wednesday fizzled out after enormous showings from counter-protestors in the likes of Brighton, Walthamstow and Birmingham.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said swift justice, including sentencing, has been a deterrent to more violent disorder. He told reporters that Wednesday night’s events turned out “much better than was expected” and “anybody involving themselves in disorder, whatever they claim as their motive, will feel the full force of the law”.
“It’s important I repeat that because we need to make sure that in the coming days we can give the necessary reassurance to our communities, many of whom – I’ve been talking to some this morning – are very anxious about the situation.”