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| Born | Joshua Bonehill-Paine 1992 (age 32–33) |
| Website | Daily Bale News |
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Joshua Bonehill, born Joshua Bonehill-Paine, is an English far-right nationalist from Yeovil, Somerset. He runs a blog website called Daily Bale News (Britons Against Left-wing Extremism) and his actions have been reported as trolling, hoaxes and racism.
A former public schoolboy and Conservative Party member, he was given a 12-month community order following an incident in March 2011 in which he broke into a police station in Chard, Somerset after being kicked out of a hotel for drunkenness. He was charged for burglary of police uniforms and assaulting an officer.
In February 2014, a hoax story about a six-year old girl from Croydon being kidnapped by an Asian grooming gang was shared on social media.
A libelous story on his website The Daily Bale went viral, referring to The Globe pub in Leicester refusing to let in members of the armed forces so as not to offend immigrants. People who had read the story threatened the pub with arson and its staff with murder. Because of this, in April 2014, he was given 180 hours of unpaid work and two years probation for malicious communication.
In October 2014, Bonehill spread a hoax that a Somali immigrant with Ebola had gone missing in Leicester. There was evidence that one poster was printed off and put up in the city. That month, he was also investigated by police after he made comments against Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger after a member of National Action was jailed for anti-Semitic tweets towards her. At the same time, he was being tried by Somerset magistrates for writing articles on The Daily Bale saying that his Twitter rivals were paedophiles or drug dealers. During this trial, he took issue with being called an "Internet troll" by the court.
References
- ^ Champion, Matthew (23 October 2014). "If it wasn't already painfully obvious, this is a race-hate hoax". I. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "Drunk Tory hopeful, 18, broke into police station to steal uniform after being thrown out of hotel". Daily Mail. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- Withnall, Adam (3 February 2014). "Missing 'Amy Hamilton' poster circulating on social media revealed as racist right-wing propaganda hoax". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "'Moronic' hoaxer Joshua Bonehill-Paine spared jail". BBC News. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- Dysch, Marcus (30 October 2014). "Neo-Nazi gave out internet abuse tips in campaign against Luciana Berger". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "Yeovil 'internet troll' Joshua Bonehill-Paine used website to spread 'web of lies' about other social media users". Western Gazette. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.