10-09-2006, 09:41 AM
I think the judge was lenient in this case. 
The man received 2 1/2 years for the hate speech posts and 6 months for child porn offenses
full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/...11,00.html
The man received 2 1/2 years for the hate speech posts and 6 months for child porn offenses
Quote:A man who posted racist messages on a website in memory of murdered black teenager Anthony Walker was jailed for more than three years today.
Neil Martin, 30, emailed at least six comments to the website - less than a week after Anthony was killed with an ice axe in a racist attack in Huyton, Merseyside, last year.
The site was set up by a school friend of the 18-year-old.
Judge Henry Globe QC, the recorder of Liverpool, told Martin: "The intention of the website was innocent, honourable and well motivated.
"You accessed that website and you abused its use. You posted highly abusive, insulting and racist messages on the site."...
full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/...11,00.html