A far-right extremist who discussed killing Jews and Muslims and called for attacks on migrants has been jailed for encouraging terrorism through online posts.
Ivan Jennings, 46, of Stafford, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to encouraging terrorism and disseminating a terrorism publication. The case was heard at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday.
Sentence After Guilty Plea
Jennings pleaded guilty to offences relating to messages sent between 15 August and 14 November 2024, in an online chat on the Telegram platform. He also admitted disseminating a terrorism publication, namely a manifesto by Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, on 21 August 2024.
He was jailed for five years and three months, and a further five-year term was imposed on extended licence.
The court heard that Jennings is a father of four and worked at a warehouse.
Calls For Murder And Targets
Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft told the court that Jennings was an active participant in at least seven extreme rightwing groups on Telegram.
In the messages, Jennings used dehumanising language about minority communities. He wrote that killing “subhumans” was “justified and actually needed”, and he discussed murdering hundreds of people he described with that term.
Jennings also referred to groups that he framed as a threat to the UK. The court heard that after joining Patriotic Alternative in early 2024, he told one group that he was in touch with a man who “wanted to go in a boat and make a difference to the amount of people coming into the UK”.
When another user asked if he supported murder, Jennings replied: “It’s not murder because we are at war. If it’s subhumans, it’s justified and actually needed.”
Boat Planning And “Infiltration” Claims
On 22 August 2024, Jennings searched online for motorboat chartering services at Dover and looked at the cost of hiring a boat in the UK. A week later, another person shared a video of a boat, and Jennings commented: “We need one of those to take out the dinghy divers.”
In further posts, he told a chat group that “something needed to be done soon” and that each person “needs to take out at least 200 and stop the constant influx [of migrants]”.
The court also heard that Jennings identified a Manchester event celebrating Pakistan’s independence day as a potential target. In a message shared in that context, he wrote: “We need to start acting.”
He made references to previous attacks, including the 51 people killed in the Christchurch terror attacks in 2019, and the mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand on 15 October 2019. Jennings said: “We need a bigger impact.”
Response From Other Users
In one exchange, another Telegram user said a post about the Manchester event “disgusts me to see that in the UK”. Jennings replied: “Exactly, we need to start acting to turn the tables.”
The court heard Jennings’ conduct was part of repeated engagement with extreme rightwing communities and discussion that encouraged terrorism and violence against targeted groups.
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18 September 2026
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