June 05, 2009

Convicted racist to be deported from USA

Whittle (left) and Sheppard - overjoyed at the news of their imminent return to the UK
A Preston man, seeking asylum in the United States after being convicted of hate speech crimes in the UK will be deported after nearly a year in US custody.

Stephen Whittle, 42, and Simon Sheppard, 52, of Selby, fled in July 2008 after being convicted of publishing hate speech against Jews and other groups on their website. The men sought asylum under America's free speech protections, claiming they were being persecuted for their right-wing views.

They were taken into custody at Los Angeles International Airport when they asked a uniformed US official for help. An immigration judge ordered that the men be deported to the UK to face justice, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Sheppard and Whittle fled the UK last July during a trial at Leeds Crown Court after being released on bail while the jury deliberated over further charges after convicting them on several counts.

Lancashire Evening Post

23 comments:

John P said...

Is that picture photoshoped?

Anonymous said...

Maybe Arthur Kemp should think twice about fleeing to the US! He can always go back to Zimbabwe!

Anonymous said...

Is that picture photoshoped?


No, the guy on the left is semi-transparent. . .

irishtony said...

Immigration is an emotional issue for Lincolnshire voters – it was workers from the county who staged the week-long strike outside the Lindsey oil refinery in protest against the use of foreign labour in February. The BNP won their first district council seat in a Boston by-election last year, and the far-right party fought for 23 seats across the county this week.

AND THEY WON FECK ALL

joy

irishtony said...

Hartlepool have been saved from the indignity of a BNP mayor.

Well at least they wont be hanging that monkey!!!

Sorry Hartlepool folks!!

Im just a tad overjoyed with the BNP failures so far

Green Gordon said...

He's got brick-lines on his face!

(so I'd say, yes)

Anonymous said...

no, he's obviously a chameleon and is beginning to merge into the background.

Anonymous said...

whats happening with the election results do you think we have stopped the bnp in the euros or not

Anonymous said...

One of them is a ghost.

Antifascist said...

'Is that picture photoshoped?'

Not by us.

Antifascist said...

'whats happening with the election results do you think we have stopped the bnp in the euros or not'

Nobody will know the results until tomorrow night.

irishtony said...

So far there have been 214 local councillors elected.

Out of the entire 214 the BNP have not won a single seat .This also included 37 seats in Essex which the BNP saw as a prime battle ground

smiling now

Anonymous said...

bnp gained one in Lancashire

Pete Green said...

BNP's Sharon Wilkinson has got Padiham and Burnley West, fuck it. Still, Lancashire and Cumbria were always a worry in the Counties.

Antifascist said...

"Still, Lancashire and Cumbria were always a worry in the Counties."

True. We're watching closely.

Anonymous said...

Graham partner got Coalville in leicestershire

http://www.leics.gov.uk/election_2009_coalville?division_ID=43

Anonymous said...

Maybe the one on the left has been executed already? The one on the right looks like he's just about to be.

Anonymous said...

they have got one in leicestershire as well,its not wether they win or not its their share of the vote you need to look at for the euros

Antifascist said...

Okay, no more comments in this section unless related to those bozos in the pic - all further county/local results comments to go in the live section instead, please.

irishtony said...

Did they not expect to do very well in Essex??

Bless

eric the fish said...

Bloody Asylum seekers!

Anonymous said...

"Bloody Asylum seekers!"

Indeed. Stepped off a plane in America, were housed overnight, and walked straight into a job with all their food and clothing provided by the American taxpayer. Only right that they should be humanely repatriated.

Anonymous said...

ooops ! Six months in a US of A nick ?

Are they now HIV carriers ?

NB

BNP = British Nonces Party

Old Sailor