The neo-Nazi student who led the far-right group and promoted its “distorted evil cause” online was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Andrew Dymock, a 24-year-old middle-class scholar, was convicted in June on 15 counts, including 12 crimes related to terrorism.
On Wednesday, Judge Mark Dennis QC discovered that Damok was a dangerous criminal and emphasized his continued “state of denial.”
He sentenced Dymock to seven years’ imprisonment, with an extension of three years.
The judge stated that Damok has always been an “active and staunch supporter of right-wing neo-Nazi extremism.”
In 2017, he played a “prominent role” in the now banned System Resistance Network (SRN) group, advertised and promoted on the website Twitter
The judge said that in 2018, when he was “removed” as a leader, he continued to form a new group.
The judge found that Damok’s pursuit of the extreme right was “thought-out and complicated” and aimed at inciting “unprovoked violence and hatred.”
He said: “The use of the Internet means that his information dissemination is wide and uncontrolled,”
Judge Dennis told the defendant: “After listening carefully to your evidence for a few days during the trial, it is clear that you are very smart, well-read, articulate, and aggressive, but you are a completely misguided person, despite having a good person. With all the advantages, education and family upbringing chose the path of terrible bigotry, intolerance and hatred towards other members of our society at the age of 20, based solely on their race, beliefs or sexual orientation.
“When building and operating a website and Twitter account for your extremist cause, you are ready to incite this vile prejudice on others, and promote and encourage hatred and violence against others in order to promote your twisted and evil cause.”
Although others were also involved, the judge stated that Damok was clearly a “leader and not a follower.”
Damok wore a pink Hawaiian shirt and waved to the public gallery when he was sent away.
Throughout the trial, he received the support of his parents, Stella And Dr. David Dymock, professor of dentistry University of Bristol He lives with him in Bath, Somerset.
The court heard that they had written to the judge before the sentence was pronounced, asking for leniency.
defense Attorney Andrew Morris said they were “very worried” about the impact of jail time on their son.
The collateral damage after conviction is huge for the family, they know nothing or know these signs, and think they have done their best to raise the children in a responsible manner
Judge Dennis said that in such cases, the defendant’s relative youth is a “sad factor”.
“The collateral damage after conviction is huge for this family, they don’t know or recognize these signs, and think they have done everything they can to raise their children in a responsible manner,” he said.
Earlier, the court heard how Dymock holds long-term extremist views that date back to when he was 17 years old, including Google The translation of the phrase “Kill all Jews”.
SRN is one of the few groups to fill a “suspicious gap” after the banning of the far-right group National Action, which itself was banned in 2020.
On October 8, 2017, Dymock wrote about its creation on the right-wing web page, stating that SRN “focuses on building a group of loyal people, loyal to the cause of national socialism, and building a fascist state through revolution.”
Through his Twitter account and website, he promoted the SRN organization that aims to “provoke a race war.”
He also used an online platform to raise funds for the organization, which “proclaims zero tolerance” to non-white, Jewish and Muslim communities and describes homosexuality as a “disease.”
Dymock was expelled from SRN in late February 2018 and formed another group before being arrested at Gatwick Airport in June of the same year while trying to board a flight to the United States.
The police found far-right literature in his luggage, including “Siege” and “Mein Kampf” written by James Mason and “Mein Kampf” And clothes with neo-Nazi emblems.
He also has books, flags and badges related to the far right in his home and university bedrooms.
Dymock was studying politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales. He denied participating in the SRN account, claiming that he was set up by his ex-girlfriend, who failed to recruit him into Operation National (NA), a banned terrorist organization.
He denied that he was a neo-Nazi and told the police: “In fact, I am bisexual, but I tend to be homosexual, which directly conflicts with Nazism.”
He went on to tell the jurors that he had Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto and books on Satanism, which he used to “study” right-wing populism.
The jury found Dymock guilty of five counts of encouraging terrorism, two counts of fundraising for terrorism, four counts of disseminating terrorist publications, possessing terrorist documents, inciting racial hatred and hatred based on sexual orientation, and possessing racial seditiousness The charge of the material.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward (Jocelyn Ledward) said that Damok communicates with other known extremists and uses encryption technology to avoid detection, which makes criminal behavior worse.
Detective Chief Superintendent Martin Snowden said: “Demok considers himself an influential person and spends a lot of time and energy to maintain his online image, raise funds for his cause and encourage others.
“The worrying thing is that Damok never admitted his wrongdoing, but fortunately, the jury brought him to justice and protected the public in doing so.”
