Bernard Holmes, chicken fetishist and EDL thugBernard Holmes, 25, formerly of Coleridge Street, Blackburn, was jailed for two years and four months, in February for causing grievous bodily harm to Shaun Baxendale. Mr Baxendale was left with ‘catastrophic’ injuries and a change in personality in the unprovoked May 2009 attack. He had to have a piece of his skull removed.
However, because Holmes spent more than seven months in custody before his trial, he is now out on licence after technically serving half his term.
Under the nickname ‘Mr B’, he has been central to the Blackburn EDL’s recent demonstrations outside the KFC in Haslingden Road, Blackburn, dressed as a yellow chicken. Pictures on his Facebook site also show him and fellow members of the right-wing group, who call themselves the ‘Knuckledraggers’, at last weekend’s heavily-policed rally in Leicester.
When Holmes was jailed, Maggie Garth, 44, Mr Baxendale’s sister criticised the sentence and spoke out in favour of the Lancashire Telegraph’s Consequences campaign, which aims to steer people away from drunken, spontaneous town centre violence.
She reacted to his release and activities with the EDL by saying: “The chicken suit is very apt for him. He’s a coward. I was physically sick when I heard he was out of prison. I don’t think the sentences handed out for these types of offences frighten the offenders. Shaun is still forgetting things and going through terrible mood swings. Yet Holmes can go out and protest over the very things that make us a free country.”
Lancashire Probation Trust confirmed Holmes was out on early release.
Lancashire Telegraph
Thanks to NewsHound for the heads-up
I think the chicken outfit makes him look more intelligent.
ReplyDelete"Pictures on his Facebook site also show him and fellow members of the right-wing group, who call themselves the ‘Knuckledraggers’, at last weekend’s heavily-policed rally in Leicester".
ReplyDeleteWith cowardly credentials like this, maybe the EDL will, instead of calling themselves "Knuckledraggers", use the name "Yellowbellies".
His thuggish attack on a defenceless victim was fucking cowardly.
If this had been an Asian man who had done this, the Casuals United blog would have posted a damning report about the crime, uneqivocally linking it to the man's race.
ReplyDeleteHe's white, evil, thuggish, and so he's a hero in EDL circles.
It shows the sheer hypocrisy of Jeff "Arsehole" Marsh in his racist scapegoating of crimes carried out by Muslims who have nothing to do with extremist Islam on his stupid, racist, trouble-inciting thick-as-pigshit Casuals United blog!
Jeff Marsh idolises cowardly EDL thugs.
ReplyDeleteMarsh is also an police informer for special branch.
Can somebody please print anti_EDL leaflets to hand out at the forthcoming Preston fascist incursion in November, letting people know about Holmes, and the sort of evil bastards who are hero-worshipped within the EDL.
ReplyDeleteKetlan??????
This monster has destroyed one life, and seeks to destroy many more lives with the EDL.
Holmes would give combat 18 a run for their money for ultra violence.
ReplyDeleteHe's got the eyes of a psychopath.
ReplyDeleteGreat anti EDL photo! Thanks.
"Preston fascist incursion in November"
ReplyDeleteWhen?
"It shows the sheer hypocrisy of Jeff "Arsehole" Marsh in his racist scapegoating of crimes carried out by Muslims who have nothing to do with extremist Islam on his stupid, racist, trouble-inciting thick-as-pigshit Casuals United blog!"
ReplyDeleteIndeed...
'"Preston fascist incursion in November"
ReplyDeleteWhen?'
As far as we know, Nov 27th. We're still confirming.
'Can somebody please print anti_EDL leaflets to hand out at the forthcoming Preston fascist incursion in November, letting people know about Holmes, and the sort of evil bastards who are hero-worshipped within the EDL.'
There will be leaflets, don't you worry.
I bet his mother's proud of him.
ReplyDeletedo you not think its time to forget about the EDL and BNP for now and start to organize against the tory cuts we need to get people onto the streets as its the poorest in our communities that are going to be hit the hardest,the EDL and BNP are not that much of a threat anyway
ReplyDeleteAgree with the early comments: - Enough publicity of what organisers like Holmes have done, and away goes their public support.
ReplyDeleteIf handled correctly vile cowardly thugs like Holmes will be a millstone around the EDL's neck.
You can bet they won't be getting rid of Holmes before they invade Preston.
do you not think its time to forget about the EDL and BNP for now and start to organize against the tory cuts we need to get people onto the streets as its the poorest in our communities that are going to be hit the hardest,the EDL and BNP are not that much of a threat anyway
ReplyDeleteOne of the best comments ive read for a long time as a former bnp member i hold my hands up and say yes i was duped into griffins spin web.Ive already started working with my local left wing groups and started bringing people together from all sides of our community the local tory MP is not too impressed i wonder why ? For too long the capitalist establishment has thrived on groups hating each other we must rise as this coalition goverment is about to screw the lot of us ! the working class's must unite on this and bury divisions if i can do it we all can do it "HOPE NOT HATE"
You can say the EDL and BNP are "not that much of a threat" but that's only because Anti-Fascists made the effort to actively combat them, the EDL are still fighting fit (literally) and the BNP will be back big-time when the cuts start to bite
ReplyDeleteDon't be naive, we need to swat Fascists NOW before they get the opportunity to exploit the mass unemployment the Tories are planning to inflict