A man from West Yorkshire has been jailed for multiple terrorism offences after admitting to possessing and sharing extremist material online.
Tyler Crowther, 36, from Cleckheaton, was sentenced to four years and nine months at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday 6 February. He was also given an additional one-year extended licence period to run alongside the sentence.
Crowther pleaded guilty to one count of encouragement of terrorism under Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006, one count of dissemination of a terrorist publication under Section 2 of the same Act, and six counts of possession of documents likely to be useful to a terrorist under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Police said Crowther was arrested in June 2024 following an investigation which led officers to search his home and seize digital devices. A forensic examination of those devices uncovered what officers described as a “library of terrorist publications”, alongside extreme right-wing material including Nazi propaganda and instructional documents that could assist in planning or carrying out acts of terrorism.
Investigators also said Crowther used an alias on social media to share racist and antisemitic views and attempted to recruit others, with officers claiming he wanted to establish his own neo-Nazi group.
Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: “Viewing and sharing terrorist documents is not a victimless crime and just one document such as Crowther shared could lead to countless others being radicalised.” He added: “The content of these kinds of publications is hateful, divisive, and they encourage others to commit violent attacks.”
“Those that seek to divide our communities through sharing extremist material will be identified and brought to justice,” Dunkerley said.
