A father-of-four has been jailed after threatening to burn down every mosque in Newcastle during the summer riots. James Aspin was jailed for 20 months after posting what a judge called a “hugely offensive and dangerous” four-minute TikTok video on 8 August, shortly after the murder of three girls in Southport.

A man has been jailed for making threats to burn down mosques in a TikTok video posted in the wake of rioting over the summer. James Aspin, of Blyth, in Northumberland, shared the video on 8 August during unrest in the country after three young girls were stabbed to death in Southport on 29 July.

A man who threatened to burn down mosques in a video posted on TikTok during the period of rioting and disorder in the summer was jailed for 20 months.

James Aspin, of Blyth, posted a video on social media during a time of high tension in society in August, when a number of riots were taking place across England