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Southampton Facebook riot messages man jailed | Southampton Facebook riot messages man jailed |
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A mechanic who used Facebook to call for disorder during last summer's riots has been jailed for three years. | |
Mitchell Stancombe, from Totton, Southampton, told the city's crown court he was only joking, but he was convicted of encouraging and assisting people to commit violent disorder. | |
One message said: "When are we going to start the Southampton riots then?" | |
Judge Gary Burrell accepted the posts did not lead to violence but said the sentence would be a deterrent. | |
Stancombe put three posts on his personal page of the social networking site on 9 August. | |
Jurors were told that when a friend responded with a message saying "hush your gums", he replied: "LOL - do a few coppers in." | |
The posts, which could be accessed by anyone, were made during widespread rioting in Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, London and Liverpool. |