Joshua Bonehill-Paine was described as an "internet troll" by the prosecutor at a 2014 court hearing.
24 Facts About Joshua Bonehill-Paine
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine was arrested in June 2015 for inciting racial hatred against Jews, for which he was found guilty in December, receiving a jail sentence of three years and four months.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine was discovered by a constable outside the station in the early hours wearing a police uniform, and noted their poor security.
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In 2013, Joshua Bonehill-Paine announced plans to lead a "Stand Strong" march in Woolwich, a month after the murder of Lee Rigby, describing it as a protest against "extremism, terrorism and oppression".
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In February 2014, Joshua Bonehill-Paine appeared in court in Yeovil on charges of malicious communications on Facebook, relating to comments regarding the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, in October the previous year.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine described it as having "ambitions to replace the British National Party and gain mainstream support", with the intention of contesting elections in 2015.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine stated in an interview that his intention was to create "a shocking campaign" that people would "share quickly on social media".
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The next month, Joshua Bonehill-Paine's blog spread a hoax that a Somali immigrant with Ebola had gone missing in Leicester.
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In May 2015, Joshua Bonehill-Paine pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassment after it was alleged that he had left a swastika in the home of a Hertfordshire woman with whom he had spent two nights, describing it as a gift that had been touched by Adolf Hitler, before sending her a string of abusive messages and letters and asking her to become "his Eva".
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In January 2015, Joshua Bonehill-Paine called for a "mass protest" in March that year against what he perceived as the "complete Jewification" of Stamford Hill in north London, an area with the UK's largest ultra-orthodox Charedi population, with particular focus on the volunteer neighbourhood watch group, Shomrim, which he falsely asserts is an illegal religious police force.
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Dave Rich, a CST spokesman said that Joshua Bonehill-Paine had "a long record of racist provocation and antisemitic abuse but he doesn't have much record of being able to mobilise large numbers of people on the street".
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine's protest was later cancelled due to lack of support.
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In February 2015, Joshua Bonehill-Paine was arrested by police officers investigating allegations of inciting racial hatred relating to "two visual and written publications on the internet", and released on bail.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine was arrested on suspicion of "racially aggravated harassment and malicious communications".
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In June 2015, Joshua Bonehill-Paine announced his intention to join a New Dawn Party demonstration in Golders Green, an area of north London with a large Jewish minority, on Saturday 4 July 2015.
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Posts to Joshua Bonehill-Paine's website featured Auschwitz-Birkenau imagery and said that the demonstration would be an "absolute gas".
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine was held at HM Prison Manchester and HM Prison Wandsworth.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine spoke of a desire to run for MP of Yeovil, his home constituency, in order to build a "rural utopia" that would "ignite the fire" to spread throughout the country.
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In October 2014, Joshua Bonehill-Paine was investigated by police over antisemitic comments about the Labour MP Luciana Berger published on his website, after Garron Helm, a member of National Action, was imprisoned for sending antisemitic messages to her.
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On 15 February 2015, it was reported that Joshua Bonehill-Paine had been arrested on suspicion of having sent antisemitic tweets to Berger.
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At a hearing at the Old Bailey on 19 July 2016, with Joshua Bonehill-Paine participating via a video link, he was sent for trial.
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The court heard that Joshua Bonehill-Paine had posted five "hateful and insulting" about Berger, holding her responsible for the imprisonment of another far-right activist, whom he considered a comrade.
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On 7 December 2016, Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially-aggravated harassment.