Bath man jailed for promoting neo-Nazi group
Andrew Dymock has been jailed for seven years
Last updated 21st Jul 2021
A student from Bath has been jailed for seven years for funding and promoting an extreme right-wing group.
Andrew Dymock, 24, has been sentenced for playing what the judge called a 'prominent role' in the now banned neo-Nazi group 'System Resistance Network'.
Dymock told jurors "Thank you for killing me" after he was found guilty in June of 15 charges, including 12 terrorism-related offences.
He held a "prominent role" in now-banned System Resistance Network (SRN) group in 2017, promoting it on a website and Twitter.
In 2018, when he was "ousted" as a leader, he went on to be behind the forming of a new group, the judge said.
Judge Mark Dennis QC found Dymock to be a dangerous offender, highlighting his continuing "state of denial".
Dymock was "driven by an extremist mindset that by the time of his arrest had become entrenched" and his actions had been "calculated and sophisticated" and designed to encourage others to commit "gratuitous violence against people because of their race, creed or sexuality", the judge said.
In conclusion, the judge said that Dymock was intelligent and well read but "wholly misguided" in advocating his "distorted and wicked cause".
As well as his jail sentence, Dymock will also serve a further three years on licence.