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A COVID denier who suggested “whacking” Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media has been jailed for five years.
Patrick Ruane, 55, was chanced on guilty of two costs of encouraging terrorism in a series of social media posts following a trial at the Dilapidated Bailey.
Judge Richard Marks KC said Ruane’s messages were “extremely dangerous” all by blueprint of a volatile time.
Ruane had a “compulsive and obsessive” mindset relating to the vaccines, he said, and in total posted the messages whereas “blind drunk”.
“The overwhelming view around the world was that the vaccines were hugely effective in saving lives. You and others, however, did not share that opinion,” he added.
“You were, of course, fully entitled to publicly vent your views and to do so in an extremely cogent and forceful way, if you chose.
“You, on the opposite hand, went very great additional and in so doing dedicated the offences of which you were convicted.”
The court previously heard Ruane targeted individuals such as Sir Chris and the chief executive officer of COVID vaccine developer Pfizer in a series of Telegram posts during 2021.
Replying to a post about Sir Chris, Ruane said: “The weakest level of the scull [sic] is the serve of the scull [sic] and all it could in reality rob is riding a bike very like a flash and whacking goal over the serve of head with a rounders bat nonetheless a mace would be manner better.”
He said it “would turn said target into a vegetable for the rest of its life”.
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Prosecutor Julia Faure Walker said Ruane was “angry, frustrated and upset” about COVID lockdown policies and the rollout of the vaccine.
She said he believed conspiracy theories a number of “hidden agenda” and was captivated with those who manufactured the COVID vaccine and administered jabs.
In a single post he said he was “all for hunting them down and f****** executing them,” adding “too many people” had died and “it’s not going to stop until we start killing them back”.
In a single other he suggested burning “all the big pharmas’ offices, manufacturing plants and infrastructure” to the ground.
Ms Faure Walker said the posts impressed violence and disruption designed to persuade the authorities or intimidate a share of the overall public.
She said the posts reached a “very large audience” by blueprint of two Telegram discussion groups.
Ruane denied the costs in opposition to him and was cleared of amassing knowledge vital to a terrorist.
