A taxi driver who spread misinformation and incited violence on social media following the Southport attack has been jailed for seven and a half years.

A Lancashire taxi driver became the “catalyst” for riots in Southport when he set up a social media account urging “English lads” to “rise up”, a court has heard.

A taxi driver, whose posts on a social media channel were a "catalyst" for violent disorder which broke out after three girls were stabbed at a dance class, has been jailed seven-and-a-half years. Andrew McIntyre,

A taxi driver has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years over social media posts which acted as the catalyst for the Southport riots last summer. Andrew McIntyre set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up”,