Woman with knives threatened to kill migrants after watching far-right videos

A woman armed with three knives threatened to kill migrants at a hotel after consuming far-right content online, a court heard.

Nina Manley, 51, had watched videos from far right social media figures such as Tommy Robinson before travelling to a Premier Inn in North Petherton, Somerset in August.

However, the hotel was not housing any migrants in its rooms and the police were called.

Manley, who was said to be drunk and stoned, told officers: ‘I’m pissed off and I’m going to f***cking kill someone.’

Recorder Matthew Cannings told her at Taunton crown court: ‘You watched videos of extreme far-right social media personalities like Tommy Robinson.’

Her defense lawyer Anjam Arif said Manley had come from a military background and lost a brother serving in Afghanistan.

He added: ‘Her actions were born out of bravado rather than a real threat to kill.’

Manley, of Bridgwater, admitted threats to kill and got a 12-month suspended jail sentence.

Her arrest came amidst a string of protests over the summer against hotels housing asylum seekers in different parts of the country.

The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several protests and counter-protests after an asylum seeker housed there was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was later found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl days after arriving in the UK.

On August 29 three Court of Appeal judges ruled that asylum seekers could continue to be housed at the site.

Protests against a different hotel, the Crowne Plaza hotel on Stockley Road in West London, saw masked men attempt to break in to the migrant accommodation.

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