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Father jailed for trying to recruit white supremacists on social media after his wife left him
A father has been jailed for more than four years after he used social media to try and recruit a "battalion" of followers to kill non-whites when he became radicalised after his wife left him.
Tygue Crowther, 36, from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire used his account on Twitter, now X, to encourage attacks between October 2023 and June 2024 before it was shut down. He also shared far-right bomb-making manuals on the Telegram social media site and circulated pictures of neo-Nazi stickers in a playground in his local area.
John Greaney, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court many of the posts "voiced or implied support for the eradication of immigrants and non-whites". He added: "The posts also included video material showing graphic clips of attacks on non-whites and glorifying violence against non-whites at the hands of neo-Nazi thugs." His posts gathered "significant engagement.
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