Accidental fascist

A FAR-RIGHT fitness guru who was extradited from Spain to face terror charges in the UK told a court he is ‘horrified’ that he might have encouraged violence.

Liverpool native Kristofer Kearney, 39, has pleaded guilty to two counts of disseminating terrorist publications but denied that he shared the videos with that intention. The court case hinges on whether the Telegram posts calling for violence were ‘reckless’, as Kearney claims, or deliberate. The court previously heard that Kearney claimed that Adolf Hitler ‘showed people the way’ and encouraged violence against black people, Jews and Muslims. Kearney was known online among far-right activists as ‘Charlie Big Potatoes’ and created a channel for exercise tips called Fascist Fitness

The offences relate to two Telegram posts on January 23 and March 8 2021, which included the manifestos of Christchurch mosque killer Brenton Tarrant and Norwegian mass-murder Anders Breivik.

Kearney is expected to return to Spain to serve his sentence once the judge hands it out on June 23.

Kearney has close links to Marbella and the Costa Blanca.