Infoshop News - Neo-Nazi thugs jailed for attacks

The ringleaders of a gang of racist thugs who took swords, pickaxes and petrol bombs onto the streets of Hull have been given lengthy jail terms. Ben Povey, 24, was jailed for 19 years and Christopher Sirrs, 30, for 14-and-a-half years at Hull Crown Court. They were found guilty of offences including violent disorder, assault and making an explosive device. Judge Tom Cracknell said they had shown neo-Nazi tendencies and described them as 'bloodthirsty guttersnipes'. Violent attacks He said they had shown no remorse for an attack on Iraqi asylum seeker Salar Mohammed, 32. The pair mowed down Mr Mohammed in their Vauxhall Cavalier as he crossed a road in Hull, throwing him into the air 'like a rag doll' and breaking his leg in three places. This was just one in a series of violent attacks which brought Hull's racial tensions to boiling point in July last year, the court heard