15/10/2008
AN internet trader who put racist stickers on packages has been fined after they were spotted by Muslim postal workers.
The stickers, which had the statement 'no more mosques' and a cartoon figure of a Muslim with a bomb exploding from his head, were found at the Royal Mail Centre, on Green Lane, Stockport...
Mr Lake, defending, said: "It was an expression of freedom of speech. Freedom to express your views should not only include the inoffensive, but also the contentious, providing it does not provoke violence. And a freedom of speech that does not include the contentious is not worth having."
Sentencing, District Judge Tim Devas, said: "I believe the defendant was aware of the distress his comments could have caused."
I'm feeling some distress right now.
Kneen’s internet account has been suspended and he is no longer able to trade in electronics.
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