Simon Sheppard (born between 1957 and 1959) is a political activist from Hull, England. He runs a number of websites promoting the political views of the far-right.
In 2008 he was arrested, charged and convicted of using a website to circulate "material likely to incite racial hatred." He and his co-defendant fled while on bail to the USA and sought political asylum. This was denied and they were imprisoned, pending their return to the United Kin...
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Simon Sheppard (born between 1957 and 1959) is a political activist from Hull, England. He runs a number of websites promoting the political views of the far-right.
In 2008 he was arrested, charged and convicted of using a website to circulate "material likely to incite racial hatred." He and his co-defendant fled while on bail to the USA and sought political asylum. This was denied and they were imprisoned, pending their return to the United Kingdom on 17 June 2009.
On 10 July 2009, he was sentenced to 4 years and 10 months in prison. The sentence for publishing material on the Internet was described as "groundbreaking" by Adil Khan, representing Humberside police.
Sheppard left his career as an engineer in the music recording industry to study at University. He obtained a degree in mathematics, and wrote several articles about computing for The Guardian newspaper. He then founded and ran the Issue computer company. He is now a writer and independent publisher.
He runs a website,...
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