Warwickshire man jailed for expressing extreme right-wing views
It happened in 2025
A Warwickshire man has been jailed, for two years, for expressing extreme right-wing views.
Thomas Webster, 29, from Yew Tree Close in Lapworth, featured in a BBC Wales documentary, when an undercover journalist spent a year with a far-right group.
The documentary, broadcast in January 2025, exposed Webster’s extreme views and filmed him talking about making video guides, on how to deal with different races and how to exploit them.
After the broadcast, information was passed to Counter Terrorism Police in the West Midlands, who opened an investigation into Webster and particularly his criminal postings on social media.
He was arrested in September 2025 and subsequently charged with 12 public order offences of racial hatred, religious hatred and hatred related to sexual orientation, relating to content on six of his social media accounts, posted between September 2024 and September 2025.
The investigation led to a selection of charges being presented to the Crown Prosecution Service, to reflect his social media posting, which demonstrated the sheer volume of evidence investigators worked through, to establish Webster’s offending.
Last month, he admitted posting material online, using threatening words or behaviour, which was intended to stir up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation and a further offence of posting material online, using threatening words or behaviour, intended to stir up hatred, on the grounds of religion.
Material, shown during the sentencing of Webster, showed his mindset was not isolated to his social media posts
He had pleaded guilty at his first appearance at Coventry Magistrates Court on 5 August.
Head of Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands, Detective Chief Superintendent Alison Hurst, said: “I hope the fact that he is now serving a prison sentence sends a clear message that extreme racist views and promoting serious violence is completely unacceptable in our society and it simply will not be tolerated.
“I would like to thank the BBC for their documentary which assisted our investigation and get a vile individual jailed.”
Police say they and their partners in the security services and policing nationally, continue to work day and night to protect the public against the threat of terrorism.
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