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Free speech concerns have been raised after a Leeds man was sentenced two years in prison after being found guilty of inciting racial hatred with a library of stickers. Sam Melia, 34, was in charge of an online collection of downloadable stickers that contained anti-immigration messages for activists of the “Hundred Handers” group. At Leeds Crown Court last month, Melia was also found guilty of encouraging racially aggravated criminal damage because his collection was involved in multiple “stickering” incidents. During the trial, jurors were told that members of the group would access the downloadable stickers that they could download and...

The alleged leader of a white nationalist organisation displayed a picture of Adolf Hitler and Third Reich posters in his home, a court has heard. Sam Melia is accused of running the far-right network Hundred-Handers from his home in Pudsey, Leeds, and faces two public order charges: ​​stirring up racial hatred by publishing written material and intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence. Leeds crown court heard the charges related to racist stickers Melia allegedly designed and produced between 2019 and 2021, which he posted in public places around his community and encouraged thousands of online followers to...