An opponent of vaccines who wrote social media posts urging violence against scientists, politicians and public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to five years in prison
An opponent of vaccines who wrote social media posts urging violence against scientists, politicians and public health officials during thewas sentenced Monday to five years in prison after being convicted of encouraging terrorism.
In a discussion about Whitty, the vaccine opponent wrote that hitting someone on the back of the skull with a rounders bat – similar to a baseball bat – or a metal mace “would turn said target into a vegetable for the rest of its life.” “This wasn’t idle chit-chat online – he was encouraging people to seriously injure or kill others, suggesting who to target," said Acting Commander Gareth Rees of the Metropolitan Police Counterterrorism Command, which began investigating Ruane's posts in 2021.
Ruane, an audio producer for films, was initially arrested in November 2021 and charged almost two years later. He was convicted at London’s Central Criminal Court in September on two counts of encouraging terrorism.
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