British teen jailed for far-right videos linked to US killings

Judge says 'highly dangerous' teen a 'propagandist for extremist ideology'

LONDON A British teenager was sentenced on Friday to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.

Judge Patrick Field called Daniel Harris, 19, "highly dangerous" and a "propagandist for an extremist right-wing ideology".

"You were in close touch with other right-wing extremists online and there can be little doubt that you shared ideas between you," Judge Field told Harris in court.

Harris was found guilty in December of five counts of encouraging terrorism and one count of possession of material for terrorist purposes, for trying to make a gun with a 3D printer.

The judge at Manchester Crown Court in northern England sentenced Harris to 112 years' jail, with a further three years under supervised probation.

The court heard that the teenager from Derbyshire in central England posted videos online for more than a year, from the age of 17. He reportedly posted under the name BookAnon on a platform called World Truth Videos. His videos were shared by self-declared white supremacist Payton Gendron, who has pleaded guilty to murdering 10 black people in the US.