A far-right group member who praised mass murderers and shared a video showing how to build a replica sub-machine gun has been jailed.
James Farrell, 32, exchanged antisemitic, racist and neo-Nazi comments with other members of the Oaken Hearth chat group.
The group discussed various previous atrocities, including the mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand in March 2019.
Farrell declared his support for white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people at the two mosques in Christchurch.
He also praised neo-Nazi Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people during a rampage in Norway in 2011, and 1995 Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh.
The group members were also said to have frequently posted antisemitic propaganda in support of Adolf Hitler.
At one point, Farrell reportedly stated: “It’s about time someone firebombed a synagogue.”
The former security guard, from Priesthill in Glasgow, pleaded guilty to a breach of the 2006 Terrorism Act.
On Wednesday at the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Clark jailed Farrell for two years and eight months.
‘No remorse’
The judge said: “As the criminal justice social work report states, you continue to adhere to your far-right wing views. You have expressed no remorse.”
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The court heard that Farrell connected with the far-right group via the Telegram messaging app in March 2021, and the chat was infiltrated by an undercover police officer.
Farrell admitted posting a clip containing instructions on how to make a 3D-printed replica MAC-11 firearm. He described the footage as an “edgy, cool video”.
The judge said that “by solely following the instructions”, a non-firing replica sub-machine gun would be able to be constructed.
Lord Clark added that any replica built “would be intimidating to anyone who was presented with it”.
The judge said Farrell “made the video directly available to extremists and potential terrorists and encouraged or induced or assisted them”.
Farrell, who used the screen name Jabz, was arrested in October 2021 following an operation involving counter-terrorism officers in England and Scotland.
Four others from the group have already been convicted in England for exchanging terror manuals, sharing racist ideology and posting videos of atrocities.
