McIntyre was working as a taxi driver when he was intercepted and arrested by police in Liverpool on 8 August. A knife was found hidden in the boot of his car and when his home was searched officers found weapons and a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf, the court heard.

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.

Andrew McIntyre, 39, was sentenced to seven and a half years for inciting violence through social media during the Southport riots in July 2024. He used a Telegram channel, “Southport Wake Up,” to spread hate and organise attacks.

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 man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for his role in the riots that swept England following the death of three young girls in Southport.

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”,

A taxi driver, whose posts on a social media channel were a "catalyst" for violent disorder which broke out after three girls were stabbed at a dance class, has been jailed seven-and-a-half years. Andrew McIntyre,