McIntyre was working as a taxi driver when he was intercepted and arrested by police in Liverpool on 8 August. A knife was found hidden in the boot of his car and when his home was searched officers found weapons and a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf, the court heard.

A Lancashire taxi driver became the “catalyst” for riots in Southport when he set up a social media account urging “English lads” to “rise up”, a court has heard.

A taxi driver who spread misinformation and incited violence on social media following the Southport attack has been jailed for seven and a half years.

Julie Sweeney, 53, was sentenced to 15 months after calling for mosques to be blown up as disorder spread A grandmother jailed over a Facebook post about the Southport riots has been denied parole, despite some rioters being freed...

A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for his role in the riots that swept England following the death of three young girls in Southport.

A taxi driver has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years over social media posts which acted as the catalyst for the Southport riots last summer. Andrew McIntyre set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up”,