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 social media posts were a "catalyst" for riots that broke out after three girls were stabbed to death in Southport has been jailed seven and a half years. Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called "Southport Wake Up" in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack at a children's dance class in the Merseyside town on 29 July.

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”,