Self-described 'genocidal racist monster' jailed after BBC investigation

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Thomas Webster, arriving here at Warwick Crown Court on Monday, was investigated by police after comments he made to an undercover journalist in a BBC programme

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A former tax worker who described himself as "the ultimate genocidal racist monster" has been jailed for inciting hatred online after he was exposed by a BBC investigation.

Thomas Webster was sacked by HMRC and investigated by police after comments he made to an undercover journalist in the BBC programme 'Unmasked: Extreme Far Right'.

Webster, 29, from Lapworth, Warwickshire, admitted 10 counts of stirring up racial hatred online, including ones calling for the killing and extinction of his racial "enemies".

Webster also admitted to stirring up religious hatred and another count of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation. He was sentenced to two years at Warwick Crown Court.

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Thomas Webster said on social media that 'the next Hitler' would be a man like him

In his online posts, Webster said he wanted Jewish and gay people to be tortured and executed.

Webster also said he wanted to kill all Muslims until they were "globally extinct."

In one instance, he said if a migrant hotel was placed on his road he would "prepare for murder and prison time, I am serious".

Webster was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative when BBC Wales Investigates' undercover reporter secretly recorded him at two of the group's events in 2024.

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