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Alison Chabloz jailed for 18 weeks
She was convicted of three counts of communication offences over two podcast interviews
April 1, 2021 13:43
She was convicted of three counts of communication offences over two podcast interviews
April 1, 2021 13:43Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz has been jailed for 18 weeks in connection with comments she made on two far-right podcasts in 2019.
Ms Chabloz, 56, was convicted of three counts of communication offences under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.
The charges relate to offensive comments she made about the Holocaust on The Graham Hart Show and Realist Radio in 2019.
She was serving a suspended sentence at the time for writing, performing and publishing songs which mocked Jews and the Holocaust.
According to the Mail Online, District Judge Michael Snow said: ‘I’m not sentencing you on the basis that you are anti-Semitic, I’m not sentencing you on the basis that you are a Holocaust denier. I’m sentencing you on the basis that on two separate occasions whilst subject to a suspended sentence, you participated in a radio programme where you made grossly offensive comments. The grossly offensive contributions by the defendant to both programmes are insulting to members of a vulnerable community.”
Stephen Silverman, director of investigations and enforcement at Campaign Against Antisemitism, said on Wednesday the “verdict and sentence finally give the Jewish community justice and protection from someone who has made a vocation out of denying the Holocaust and baiting Jews. It also sends a clear message to those who might be tempted to go down the same path.”