USA - Judge Orders Jewish race hate writer out of the country
Stephen Whittle, 42, of Avenham Lane, Preston, was convicted last year of publishing inflammatory anti-Jewish material on a website.
Whittle skipped bail and flew to Los Angeles with co-defendant Simon Sheppard, 51, who was found guilty of similar offences at Leeds Crown Court.
The two sought asylum under America's free speech protections, claiming they were being persecuted for their anti-Semitic views.
But an immigration judge has now ordered the pair, who has been in custody since their arrival in the US, be deported to the UK.
Unemployed Whittle wrote anti-Jewish literature on a website under the pen name of Luke O'Farrell between 2004 and 2006. He was convicted of five counts of publishing racially inflammatory written material following a seven-week trial last July.
Sheppard, of Brook Street, Selby, North Yorkshire, was found guilty of 11 counts of publishing racially inflammatory written material.
They were due to return to court after a jury continued deliberations, but they failed to appear. They were believed to have taken a ferry to Ireland before flying to Los Angeles.
Source: http://www.vosizneias.com/
< BACK
