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Teen to website users: Pledge you aren't Jewish

A teenager from Norfolk is believed to be the youngest person in Britain to be prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred for posting antisemitic comments on his website and racist videos on YouTube.

February 17, 2010 16:52

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

1 min read

A teenager who set up a racist website, which asked people to pledge they had never followed Judaism, is believed to be the youngest person prosecuted for inciting racial hatred.

The 17-year-old from north Norfolk set up his own website where visitors had to pledge they “have never been a follower of the Jewish religion”.

He also asked visitors to affirm they were white and they “believe in the segregation of the races and have never engaged in an inter-racial relationship.”

The youth, who was arrested when he was 15, pleaded guilty at Kings Lynn Youth Court, and could be sentenced to up to two years detention.