LONDON – AFP-Jiji
The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First, who hit the headlines after U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos she posted, was jailed Wednesday for 36 weeks for religiously aggravated harassment.
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Far-right group Britain First leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen arrive at Folkestone magristrates court in Kent on Jan. 29. The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First, who hit the headlines after U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos she posted, was jailed on Wednesday for 36 weeks for religiously aggravated harassment. Jayda Fransen, 31, filmed and posted online videos of people whom she wrongly believed were defendants in a rape trial at Canterbury Crown Court in May 2017, in a case that led to the conviction of three Muslim men and a teenager. | AFP-JIJI
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