Two men jailed in Britain over calls on Facebook to protest outside asylum seekers’ hotel

Taggart said: “To get them gone. We don’t want them.”
Two men jailed in Britain over calls on Facebook to protest outside asylum seekers’ hotel
Christopher Taggart, 36, and Rhys McDonald, 34, both of Runcorn, Cheshire, were jailed at Chester Crown Court (Peter Byrne/PA)

Two men who called for protests outside a hotel in their home town where asylum seekers were staying have been jailed in Britain.

Christopher Taggart, 36, and Rhys McDonald, 34, both of Runcorn, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and were handed sentences of 32 months and 28 months respectively.

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