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Far-right extremist who branded Prince Harry a race traitor for marrying Meghan Markle jailed

He'd posted an abhorrent image to social media

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A far-right extremist who branded Prince Harry a race traitor for marrying Meghan Markle has been jailed for four years and three months.

The teen targeted Harry (Credit: Splash)

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Michal Szewczuk was sentenced alongside Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski, 18, for encouraging terrorism by posting images or links to Gab, a social media platform followed mostly by far-right users, last summer.

He posted an “abhorrent” image which featured an image of the Duke of Sussex with a gun to his head.

The image showed Harry against a blood-spattered background and included a swastika symbol.

It included the phrase “See Ya Later Race Traitor” in August.

Prior to this he had searched the terms “Meghan Markle”, “Prince Harry” and “pointing gun” online.

The post was published a few months after the couple’s wedding (Credit: Splash)

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The 19-year-old, of Leeds, did not react as quotes from his blog justifying the rape of women and children to further an Aryan race were read out to the Old Bailey.

The pair previously admitted encouraging terrorism on social media. Szewczuk also admitted five counts of possessing terror documents.

Dunn-Koczorowski demonstrated a “highly radicalised and violent mindset”, the court heard.

Prosecutor Naomi Parsons said the social media posts shared by the two teenagers “convey a message of the threat of and/or use of serious violence against others, in order to advance a political, ideological and racial cause (neo-Nazism) and in this way encourage terrorism”.

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