A bisexual British man has just been handed a lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty of leading a neo-Nazi terrorist group that aimed to purge the planet of all LGBTQ people.
Last month, Andrew Dymock was convicted of five counts of encouraging terrorism, four of disseminating terrorist publications, two of terrorist fundraising, one of possessing material useful to a terrorist, one of possessing racially inflammatory material, one of stirring up racial hatred, and one of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
At his sentencing this week, Judge Mark Dennis said Dymock was “driven by an extremist mindset” and had taken a path of “total hatred and bigotry,” which included calling for Jewish people to be exterminated and LGBTQ people to be “purged” from society.
Dymock also authored several manifestos, including one titled “Homosexuality: the Eternal Social Menace.” The article declares that queer people “are simply degenerate and must be purged from society for the greater good.”
Because of all that, he’ll spend the next seven years behind bars, plus another three years on probation.
“It is clear you were a leader and not a follower,” Judge Dennis told Dymock this week, adding that the 24-year-old is an “intelligent, well-read” person but also “wholly misguided.”
During his trial, jurors heard recordings of a police interview with Dymock, in which he said, “I am bisexual but lean towards being homosexual.” Also of note: Dymock wore a pride flag pin on his lapel in court.
“Despite all the advantages of a good education and family upbringing you chose, at the age of 20, to take the path of dreadful bigotry, intolerance and hatred towards other members of our society solely on the basis of their race, creed, or sexual orientation,” Dennis continued during Dymock’s sentencing.
“In setting up and running the website and Twitter account for your extremist cause, you were prepared to inflame such vile prejudices in others and to promote and encourage hatred and violence towards other human beings in furtherance of your distorted and wicked cause.”
Dymock’s parents had asked the judge for leniency ahead of the sentencing, saying they were “extremely worried” about the negative impact prison could have on their son.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
BoomerMyles
Prison will not be kind to him.
Grrrowler
He doesn’t deserve for prison to be kind to him.
nipperdawg
Well now he gets a chance to actually be bisexual instead of claiming to be for pity.
Kangol2
Dymock is an abhorrent, self-hating monster, but that is the direction his kind of mindset will take you if you don’t get help!
Essie
Seven years is not long enough. His mind won’t be changed and he will still be very young and probably eager to get back into the same things he was jailed for. He should have gotten 20 years, which is what he would have gotten in the U.S.
Chrisk
Wow. This is self hatred to the most extreme sense. The problem is the unhinged followers taking his advise.
Openminded
Kinda reminds me of American politics.
Cam
You know how much I love free speech. He should be allowed to say anything he wants.
Openminded
Who has taken over your account? You are the first and worst at condemning others for speaking their mind. In this guy’s case, this was more than free speech, he was taking and causing negative actions. I don’t think he’s going to prison for his speech so much as his actions. And since I’ve exercised my freedom of speech, I’ll sit back now and wait for you to declare me a troll using multiple screen names.
Cam
@Openinded
Sweetie, you stole my screename, then as you always do, you have to switch to another screename to try to back up your posts.
It’s cute how you know your posts are so bad that you have to come in with one of your other screenames to back up your postings.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
Openminded
I’m not ashamed to admit, I’m not smart enough to “steal” your screenname, but I find it hilarious that someone else does. You are most deserving of being humiliated here. I can’t understand how someone allegedly steals your screenname but then you can come back and post on it. I see this as further proof that you are in fact Graham Gilmore and you are resorting to hail Mary tactics to draw views and clicks. Your troll game, along with your feeble quest for clicks is tired and old.
Canadiancub
Lmfao that’s hilarious, what a sad old bitter queen you are Can ???
Canadiancub
Lmfao that’s hilarious, what a sad old bitter queen you are Can ???
Prax07
Hopefully, actually wishing, that he won’t survive prison.
Matthewnow
We need to start a go fund me page for him so he can get a BIG soap on a rope.
nipperdawg
Dymock’s parents had asked the judge for leniency ahead of the sentencing, saying they were “extremely worried” about the negative impact prison could have on their son.
HAHAHAHAHAHA thats funny. They didnt seem to care about the Nazi stuff
Chrisk
Now if I was his parent I’d be totally ok with Prison. After years of trying my best to steer him in the right direction. You know a wake call. Consequences and all that.
cuteguy
His parents failed him and now they want leniency?! Those two should have never procreated! They created a monster. I hope that monster dies a horrible death in prison
Donston
This reminds me that there are a plethora of messy queers who say and/or do a lot of trifling or problematic shit. Yet, they expect people to overlook it all because they’re unabashedly “queer” and/or they have some sex appeal. Of course, most don’t go to this extreme. But this is another example as to why you gotta make sure you keep your dimensions, traumas, resentments, confusions, whatever in check and don’t use those things as an excuse to harm or exploit.
Steve
As a member of two groups this man wants exterminated I certainly don’t thing 7 years is enough. I hope he gets a prison education real quick or he is in trouble. Here I am wishing him well tells you I am a much better person then him.