A neo-Nazi who called for the “eradication” of the Jewish people and obsessed over Adolf Hitler has been jailed for four years for encouraging terrorism.

Luke Hunter, 23, from Newcastle, used social media accounts to spread extreme far-right views on social media including posts that described killing techniques, and called for the murder of Jews, homosexuals and non-white races.

He was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court  to four years and two months in prison on Tuesday after admitting seven charges of promoting terrorism and circulating material from terrorist publications.

The antifascist organisation Hope not Hate had tipped off police about Hunter’s conduct revealing he had used accounts on Twitter, Telegram and Discord to promote his hateful ideology.

Nick Lowles, Hope not Hate’s founder, said he was disappointed with the sentence handed to the neo-Nazi, and called for the authorities to “prioritise action against this growing threat.”

Hunter’s father was a counter-terrorism officer with the Metropolitan Police, but this had not prevented his son from encouraging violence against officers, it emerged.