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Ontario man sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to terrorism charges
Matthew Althorpe admitted publishing white supremacist propaganda linked to at least six violent attacks, prompting a 20-year sentence to deter terrorism, Superior Court ruled.
- On Friday, Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly sentenced Matthew Althorpe to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges.
- Althorpe participated in white supremacist chat rooms around 2015, eventually leading a neo-Nazi fight club after he stepped away from the Atomwaffen Division.
- Evidence links his online manifestos to at least six violent attacks; his publications were cited by a teenager who stabbed five people in Turkey and an attacker who killed two in a Slovakian gay bar.
- Seeking leniency, his defence lawyer requested 12 to 14 years, arguing Althorpe went "way off course and made terrible criminal mistakes" due to untreated mental health disorders.
- Five Jewish organizations and The Alliance called on governments to dismantle terror networks, stating the sentence sends a powerful message against "sources of hate and radicalization" in Canada.
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