Priti Patel: Men jailed over racist Snapchat video that went viral

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A man has been jailed for making a racist Snapchat video in which he targeted Home Secretary Priti Patel and used racial slurs.

Jake Henderson filmed himself verbally attacking Ms Patel as she gave a Covid briefing on TV.

The 30-year-old, from Retford in Nottinghamshire, also targeted an unnamed black man at the briefing.

After he posted the video it was shared more widely by his friend Robert Cumming, who has also been jailed.

The video then went viral after a third unnamed person posted it on Twitter, where it has been viewed millions of times.

In it Henderson says: "As a white man, I won't be listening to people of colour because they are no good in positions of power."

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The court heard he had also posted racist, homophobic and sexist tweets. These included saying "feminists should be shot" and describing gay marriage as "vile".

In another tweet he wrote "Sometimes I wish I could round up all the ethnic minority's [SIC] and put them in a cage. #hitlerismyhero".

He posted the racist Snapchat video on 21 January of this year.

When police searched his house they found a mobile phone belonging to his partner which contained further racist videos of him.