A Chelsea fan has been jailed on Friday for posting a series of racist posts on Twitter. Nathan Blagg, 21, was sentenced to eight weeks in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He has pleaded guilty at the same court on Oct. 8 to seven counts of sending by public communication network an offensive matter. Blagg’s sentence was increased from five weeks after the Crown Prosecution Service applied for an increase in his sentence to reflect the racial hate crime element at the sentencing hearing. According to UK law, any suspect of a crime motivated by or demonstrating hostility based on the five hate crime categories can be prosecuted as a hate crime, for which the CPS can request an increased sentence. District Judge Michael Hamilton told Blagg only immediate custody would be a suitable punishment for his “abhorrent and grossly offensive” statements on Twitter. Chelsea Football Club’s security team reported Blagg’s Twitter account to the Metropolitan …
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