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THIS IS A CASE UPDATE. PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘BONUS EPISODE 16’ FOR MORE DETAILS.
"Have you read Dickens? Austen? Start with Pride and Prejudice and Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Think about Hardy. Think about Trollope. On January 4, you will tell me what you have read and I will test you on it. I will test you, and if I think you are lying to me, you will suffer. I will be watching you, Ben John, every step of the way. If you let me down you know what will happen" - Judge Timothy Spencer QC, Leicester Crown Court, August 2021.
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Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Research, writing, narration, editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton
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REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
[2022] EWCA Crim 54
LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE
https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2022/jan-2022/Prison-sentence-for-extremist-at-appeal-hearing/
GOVERNMENT
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ben-johns-sentence-increased-following-personal-intervention-by-the-solicitor-general--3
LAW PAGES
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Ben-John-33967-1.law
DIGITAL ARTICLES
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/leicester-crown-court-hope-not-hate-police-court-of-appeal-attorney-general-b1987901.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terror-threat-uk-race-ideology-b1981976.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/neo-nazi-ben-john-austen-sentence-b1996148.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/neo-nazi-jane-austen-ben-john-b1996407.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/neo-nazi-austen-jihadis-sentencing-b1998209.html
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/ben-john-ex-student-told-to-read-classic-literature-after-being-convicted-of-terrorism-offence-is-jailed-12520104
LEICESTER MERCURY
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/terrorism-sentence-neo-nazi-ex-5984142
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/white-supremacist-faces-judge-who-6449271
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/punishment-white-supremacist-who-sentenced-6513725
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/terrorist-sympathiser-finally-jailed-after-6518251
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10374975/Neo-Nazi-student-21-spared-jail-read-classic-literature-enjoyed-Shakespeare-Austen.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10418585/White-extremist-Ben-John-22-JAILED-two-years-suspended-sentence-ruled-unlawful.html
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/06/nazi-sympathiser-told-judge-read-classics-terror-conviction/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/19/nazi-sympathiser-jailed-judge-quashes-lenient-book-reading-punishment/
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59895109
LINCOLN LITE
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/01/right-wing-extremist-makes-encouraging-progress-reading-classic-novels-after-bizarre-judge-ruling/
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/01/prison-after-all-for-white-supremacist-told-by-judge-to-read-books-appeal-court-rules/
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/01/antisemitism-campaigners-celebrate-reversal-of-lincoln-extremists-joke-sentence/
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/03/there-are-active-threats-of-terrorism-in-lincolnshire-councillors-warned/
GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jan/06/extremist-told-to-read-classics-by-uk-judge-enjoyed-shakespeare-more-than-austen
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jan/19/terrorism-convict-ordered-read-classics-jailed-sentence-overturned-ben-john
LINCOLNSHIRE LIVE
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/attorney-general-refers-unduly-lenient-5983832
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/white-supremacist-who-ordered-read-6450825
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/sentencing-white-supremacist-ben-john-6513658
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/former-student-told-read-classic-6518023
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/white-supremacist-ben-john-could-6520601
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/white-supremacist-ben-john-conviction-6763609
THE TIMES
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/neo-nazi-gets-a-taste-for-shakespeare-after-judge-sentences-him-to-the-classics-fpq6dk8qd
ITV NEWS
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-01-19/white-supremacist-ben-john-told-to-read-books-by-judge-who-spared-him-jail-imprisoned-upon-appeal
MIRROR
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-white-supremacist-sentenced-read-25993152
METRO
https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/29/nazi-sympathiser-told-to-read-classic-novels-to-avoid-jail-now-faces-prison-15334906/
https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/07/neo-nazi-ordered-to-read-literary-classics-enjoyed-shakespeare-15878685/
https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/19/nazi-sympathiser-spared-prison-and-told-to-read-classics-is-jailed-15947537/