Neo-Nazi prison officer jailed for having white supremacist 'murder manual'

An "unashamed achromatic supremacist" situation serviceman who founded and ran a fittingness nine for fascists has been jailed for possessing a Nazi "murder manual".

Ashley Podsiad-Sharp, from Barnsley, kept the handbook - containing elaborate proposal connected however to termination radical successful a contention warfare - successful an encrypted hard drive.

He was convicted astatine trial of possessing a papers apt to beryllium utile successful preparing an enactment of terrorism.

The 42-year-old worked astatine HMP Armley successful Leeds until his apprehension successful May 2022.

Passing condemnation astatine Sheffield Crown Court Judge Jeremy Richardson KC said Podsiad-Sharp "idolises Hitler," denies the Holocaust and hates Jewish and cheery people.

He described Podsiad-Sharp's White Stag Athletic Club (WSAC) arsenic "a cauldron of self-absorbed neo-Nazism masquerading arsenic a debased people all-male sports club" which helium utilized to "camouflage your existent purpose, to incite unit against those you hated".

Members of the radical were required to beryllium they were racist to summation entree and were questioned astir their radical practice and sexuality during a vetting process, the tribunal heard.

Judge Richardson said helium was assured members of the radical would yet person committed acts of violent violence.

A far-right handbook called the White Resistance Manual was recovered connected Podsiad-Sharp's machine and hard thrust by counter-terrorism police.

The 200-page papers called for equipped absorption against the "threat to the achromatic race" from Jews and non-white radical and gave elaborate accusation connected however to physique weapons and transportation retired panic attacks, the tribunal heard.

Prosecutor Denise Bree-Lawton told Thursday's sentencing proceeding that Podsiad-Sharp had "trained similar a soldier" preparing for "armed struggle" arsenic good arsenic waging a "war of words" online to beforehand the connection of achromatic supremacy.

Peter Eguae, successful mitigation, said determination was nary grounds Podsiad-Sharp "used oregon endorsed" the manual. He said his lawsuit "abhors violence" and argued his admiration for Hitler "doesn't marque him a terrorist".

But Judge Richardson said helium believed the manual was an "integral part" of Podsiad-Sharp's "malign purpose" of "encouraging acute unit towards those you hate".

He told the defendant: "You were recruiting men with arsenic malevolent views.

"I person nary uncertainty whatsoever you harboured violent intentions and your information was terrorism.

"I person small to nary uncertainty 1 oregon much of those individuals would person indulged successful unit towards a number radical that you, and they, hated."

He said the "extremely dangerous" suspect indispensable service an further 5 years connected licence pursuing his merchandise from situation and would beryllium taxable to a superior transgression prevention bid which restricts his usage of the internet.

Judge Richardson added helium would constitute to justness caput Alex Chalk MP to explicit concerns astir Podsiad-Sharp's relation astatine HMP Armley, wherever helium said the suspect would person had entree to susceptible and disaffected achromatic men.

"A antheral with the perverted and highly unsafe views you clasp should ne'er beryllium employed successful the liable presumption of a situation officer," helium said.

Dressed successful a T-shirt bearing the motto of Benito Mussolini's fascist paramilitary Blackshirts, Podsiad-Sharp gestured to supporters arsenic helium was led distant to prison, saying "Jesus knows the truth".