Man who posted sick comments online adorned home with Nazi flags and fridge magnets - and portrait of Hitler

A man who posted 'abhorrent' racist comments online adorned his home with with Nazi flags and fridge magnets. Samuel Doyle also had a portrait of Adolf Hitler.

Doyle - who called for the killing of members of the LGBT+ community and the extermination of Jewish people in a range of online posts - has now been jailed. When officers searched the 40-year-old's home, on the edge of the Peak District, they also found fascist and racist manifestos and books.

Doyle, of Highfield Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, was jailed for three years at Manchester Crown Court. He came to the attention of officers from the Counter Terrorism Policing East Midlands (CTPEM) after intelligence about his online activity was passed on.

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Enquiries by officers uncovered large number of posts made by a username linked to Doyle. Following two 'no comment' interviews, Doyle was charged and later pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing or publishing written material to stir up racial hatred.

Det Insp Chris Brett said: "Freedom of speech is an important part of our shared British values – and something that is enshrined in law. However, those freedoms are not without limit and it is clear that the views Samuel Doyle expressed online stepped well over the line into criminality.

"The posts he wrote are abhorrent – calling directly for violent action to be taken against a number of minority groups. Some may say that posting online is different to expressing these views in person, but that is absolutely not the case. We have seen across the world how online posting of this nature has had serious ‘real world’ outcomes – including, sadly, fatalities.

"In recent