- A self-styled "Muslim Slayer" who sent the Queen fake anthrax with a note saying "The Clowns R coming 4 you" has been locked up for 12 and a half years by a British court.
White supremacist David Parnham, 36, wrote to prominent figures including the Queen and former prime ministers Theresa May and David Cameron as part of a two-year hate campaign.
The IT systems analyst also caused widespread fear and upset through "Punish A Muslim Day" letters, encouraging violence in the community, the court heard. 
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at St Paul's Cathedral. Source: Tim Graham Photo Library- He tried to instil further alarm by posting white powder in the hope it would be mistaken for anthrax, the Old Bailey heard.
Parnham pleaded guilty to 15 offences relating to hundreds of letters written between June 2016 and June 2018.
The charges included encouraging murder, making hoaxes involving noxious substances and bombs, sending letters with intent to cause distress, and encouraging offences.
Judge Anthony Leonard said Parnham had been suffering from an autistic spectrum disorder but rejected the suggestion he was psychotic at the time of the offences.
He sentenced Parnham to 12 years and six months in custody to be served in hospital until he is well enough to be transferred to prison. - The court heard that Parnham's activities first came to the attention of authorities in July 2016 when seven letters were intercepted at a Sheffield mail centre and found to contain harmless white powder.
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A further 11 letters were identified as having been delivered.
A letter to Cameron contained the wording "Allah is great" while letters to MPs and mosques contained the wording "Paki Filth".
In October 2016, more letters containing white powder said "The Clowns R coming 4 you" and were intended to reach the Queen and May.
In December 2016, Parnham sent a fan letter to Dylann Roof, the white supremacist gunman responsible for killing nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. 
Dylann Roof appears at Centralized Bond Hearing Court in North Charleston, South Carolina. Source: Getty Images North America- He told Roof: "I just wanted to thank you for opening my eyes. Ever since you carried out what I'd call the 'cleansing' I've felt differently about what you'd call 'racial awareness'."
In February 2017, letters were sent to mosques and Islamic centres around the UK.
A letter to Berkeley Street Mosque in Hull contained a drawing of a sword with a swastika on it cutting someone's head off, with the words: "You are going to be slaughtered very soon."
The author signed off as "Muslim Slayer". - In March 2017, letters were sent to addresses around the University of Sheffield campus calling for the extermination of minority racial and religious groups.
They contained suggestions on how to kill people and an offer to make a donation of STG100 to charity for each death.
In 2018, the series of typed "Punish A Muslim Day" letters were sent to a large number of people, encouraging violence on April 3, 2018 - Roof's birthday.
Parnham was caught through DNA, handwriting and fingerprints on the letters.
British white supremacist jailed for more than 12 years
A British white supremacist who sent the Queen and others fake anthrax and encouraged the murder of Muslims has been jailed for more than 12 years.
David Parnham was found to be responsible for the 'Punish a Muslim Day' letters. Source: Twitter
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Published 4 September 2019 6:59am
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