Ferguson, who is a convicted football hooligan, posted a ‘series of grossly offensive images’

A man has been slapped with a criminal behaviour order (CBO) after posting images on Instagram appearing to glorify Adolf Hitler and Nazism, as well as promoting attacks on police officers, Merseyside Police has said.

Ryan Ferguson, 26, of Barberry Crescent, Netherton, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing to be sent by public communication network an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message/matter, contrary to section 127 of the Commutations Act 2003.

Between January 12 and 15, on April 6 and on June 14 this year, Ferguson posted on Instagram stories a series of grossly offensive images. The posts featured a Swastika and inflammatory and offensive imagery of Adolf Hitler.

Ferguson was also convicted of intentionally encouraging/assisting the commission of a summary offence (battery) relating to a post in which he promoted assaulting police officers.

He appeared at South Sefton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, October 13 where he was sentenced to 17 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months. He was also issued with a GPS tag to be worn for six months.

Ferguson was handed a CBO to run until August 3, 2030. The CBO prohibits him from:

Calling 999 if it is not to report a genuine emergency or concern.

Participating in any public gathering, march or assembly where the offender engages in chanting, physical gestures, verbal expression or other conduct that incites racial or religious hatred or unlawful violence towards any individual or group.

Publishing or posting on social media any material or statements that incite racial or religious hatred or unlawful violence towards any individual or group.

Publishing or posting on social media the name or personal details of any police or probation officer.

Ferguson must also surrender his mobile phone to police for inspection if stopped by a constable of Merseyside Police and requested to do so. Breaching or failing to meet the terms of a CBO is a criminal offence for which offenders can be jailed.

Ferguson, who is a convicted football hooligan, has in recent years developed an unsavoury history of banning orders and a prison sentence for racially abusing a footballer to one of the most recognisable figures in the North West’s far-right movement.
‘The overwhelming majority will be appalled’

Detective Inspector Keith Swift said: “These posts were very clearly posted to cause deliberate offence and have no place in a civilised society.

“The overwhelming majority of people will be appalled at the language and images he chose to share.

“I have no doubt Ferguson knew the impact his posts could have, but still chose to repeatedly post imagery of this abhorrent nature on his Instagram account.

“He also promoted the assault of police. Officers come to work each day to protect the public and bring offenders to justice. Thankfully no officers came to physical harm as a direct result of his post, but Ferguson’s reckless actions clearly had the potential to cause serious harm as well as distress.

“Having repeatedly committed offences, he has been made subject to a lengthy criminal behaviour order. CBOs are an effective tool in tackling repeat offenders, and should Ferguson breach this order then he will be arrested and could be sent to prison.

“We will continue to take robust action when anyone uses social media to share anything grossly offensive, and I hope Ferguson’s sentencing today sends a clear message to anyone considering the same.”

Liverpool Echo

A teenage boy who stabbed a girl at a school searched the internet for a man considered to be an early adopter of incel and manosphere culture, a jury has heard.

The 15-year-old girl was knifed in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School near Norwich on 11 March.

Speaking at King’s Lynn Crown Court, the prosecution said examination of the 16-year-old defendant’s phone showed searches for Elliot Rodger, described to jurors as an “early influence on incel and manosphere culture”.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies attempted murder.

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC referenced Rodger’s name while telling jurors about online searches made on the boy’s phone for serial killers.

Incel – an abbreviation of “involuntarily celibate” – is a term used to refer to groups of men who feel that they cannot enter into sexual relationships.

The jury has been told the defendant, aged 15 at the time, was captured on CCTV stabbing the girl.

She described to police how she then told a teacher “Sir, I’ve been stabbed”.

In his closing speech earlier, Paxton said the boy had a “lust for and interest in serial killers and killing” and that “he wanted to be one”.

Jurors have heard how he wrote notes saying he hated women and Paxton said “the idea of violence makes his brain click”.

The boy has not given evidence during his trial and the barrister told the jury he had not said “one word” to deny wanting to kill and “we suggest that’s because he can’t.”

Although he has denied the charge of attempted murder, he has admitted possessing a kitchen knife without lawful authority and wounding with intent.

The trial continues.

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A man has been jailed for 18 months after he threatened to kill staff and students at Bradford College with garden secateurs during a tirade of racial abuse.

Bradford Crown Court was told David Noutch, 32, had approached students outside the college on Great Horton Road on 9 October 2025 while intoxicated. He started a fight before threatening security guards, directing racial abuse at staff and attempting to attack them with the shears.

Noutch, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty in June to racially aggravated assault, racially aggravated fear of violence and threatening a person with a blade in a public place.

He was sentenced on Wednesday to 18.5 months in jail and 18.5 months on licence.

During sentencing, the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Patrick Palmer, said Noutch had been trying to start a “major incident” and described his offences as “deeply troubling”.

“These are very serious offences, indeed,” he told him.

“You took out a pair of garden secateurs and ran toward Asian members of staff as if to attack them.”

Palmer paid credit to the security guards who were attacked by Noutch and who managed to stop his attempts while being racially abused.

“Members of the public were seriously offended by your conduct, but to their credit they acted responsibly,” he said.

Two people were taken to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries following the incident, police said at the time.

In a victim statement read to the court by prosecuting barrister Lydia Pierce, one of the victims, Mohsin Saghir, 37, said that as a British-Pakistani Muslim he felt “personally targeted” by Noutch’s attack and he had found it “deeply upsetting and humiliating”.

Saghir had “been internally affected by the abuse and felt it hard to ignore”, Pierce explained.

“The day after the attack, he went to the GP and was told he had experienced trauma and to take time off work.”

In his statement, Saghir added: “Racist and religious hatred has no place in our society.”

Meanwhile, Pierce said that Mahmood Hassan, who received a knee injury during the attack, had suffered sleepless nights and mental health difficulties since the incident.

“He always looks over his shoulder, feeling paranoid and stressed,” she said.

Hassan’s injury had stopped him playing football, leading to periods of depression, Pierce told the court.

“He struggles to be the same at work and suffers with anxiety.”

‘Remorseful and disgusted’

In Noutch’s defence, barrister Jeremy Barton said his client was “remorseful and disgusted when he hears and sees what he did that day”.

He said Noutch had been sleeping rough the night before the attack and had not taken medicine prescribed to him.

“The defendant accepts all the prosecution says, but did not set out that day to behave that way,” Barton said.

He added that Noutch had behaved well in prison, earning “enhanced prisoner” status, and said that his outburst that day was “not deeply held beliefs”.

Noutch – who has 37 previous convictions for 64 offences – was sentenced to a total of 37 months, to serve half in custody and half on licence.

As he has already served more than a year on remand in custody, he would remain in prison for only another six months, the court was told.

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Jenna Lennon divorced Tommy Robinson in February 2021

The former wife of Tommy Robinson has admitted to breaches of company accounting regulations, court officials have confirmed.

Jenna Lennon, 41, entered a guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday over a charge relating to non-compliance with corporate record-keeping rules.

During a prior hearing, prosecutor Andrew Evans, representing the Insolvency Service, stated that the “books and records” offence concerned Hope & Pride Limited, a company in which Lennon “was formerly the sole director”.

Public records from Companies House indicate that the business held outstanding corporation tax debts of more than £300,000 to HMRC at the time it was liquidated in September 2023.

Lennon acknowledged in court on Thursday that she failed to surrender books and records to the liquidator as required under the Insolvency Act 1986 between 22 September 2023 and 1 December 2025.

She divorced Robinson, whose actual name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, in February 2021. Robinson subsequently filed for bankruptcy in March 2021.

Mr Justice Baumgartner granted bail to the 41-year-old ahead of her sentencing at the court on 26 November.

The Insolvency Service has been contacted for comment.

Earlier this month, Robinson faced allegations of lying under oath regarding his personal own personal finances when a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation was released.

Following a 12-month investigation by the programme, former director of public prosecutions Sir Max Hill KC concluded that some of the material gathered could justify a criminal inquiry.

Robinson rejected the claims in a written statement to Dispatches, saying: “I deny perjury… I deny fraud.”

The documentary – titled Tommy Robinson: Where’s The Money Gone? – asserts that despite collecting hundreds of thousands of pounds in public donations, several high-profile fundraising appeals failed to reach their intended recipients.

Sir Max informed the broadcaster that an alleged failure to pass on funds raised for a survivor of the Telford grooming scandal was “likely to be fraud” through misrepresentation.

The survivor, referred to as “Kate”, stated she received no money from campaigns promoted in her name.

She further accused Robinson of filming a suicidal phone call without her consent and airing it in a documentary using her real name despite promises of anonymity, describing his alleged actions as “despicable”.

In response, Robinson denied using her crisis to make money or broadcasting the footage against her will, stating he recorded the call due to an imminent risk to her life and that Kate was content with the film prior to its release.

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A man who calls himself ‘The Hotel Investigator’ has admitted breaking a community protection notice banning him from Surrey after attending an anti-immigration protest.

Anthony Barnes, 45, from London, changed his plea to guilty at Staines Magistrates Court on Thursday, having initially pleaded not guilty in November.

Barnes, who runs the YouTube account AY Audits which has 160,000 subscribers, broke the notice by attending a protest outside a hotel in Horley on 23 August 2025.

He was given a 12-month conditional discharge, meaning he will receive no further action if he does not re-offend within the next year.

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