Self-described 'genocidal racist monster' jailed after BBC investigation
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Thomas Webster was investigated by police after comments he made to an undercover journalist in a BBC programme Warning: This article contains graphic accounts of racist and violent language A former tax worker who described himself as "the ultimate genocidal racist monster" has been jailed for inciting hatred online after he was exposed by a BBC investigation.
托马斯·韦伯斯特 (Thomas Webster) 在 BBC 节目中向卧底记者发表评论后遭到警方调查 警告：本文包含种族主义和暴力语言的图文并茂的描述 一名自称“终极种族灭绝种族主义怪物”的前税务工作人员在被 BBC 调查曝光后，因在网上煽动仇恨而被判入狱。
Thomas Webster was sacked by HMRC and investigated by police after comments he made to an undercover journalist in the BBC programme 'Unmasked: Extreme Far Right'.
托马斯·韦伯斯特 (Thomas Webster) 在 BBC 节目《揭秘：极右翼》中对一名卧底记者发表评论后，被英国税务海关总署 (HMRC) 解雇，并接受警方调查。
Webster, 29, from Lapworth, Warwickshire, admitted 10 counts of stirring up racial hatred online, including ones calling for the killing and extinction of his racial "enemies".
29 岁的韦伯斯特来自沃里克郡拉普沃斯，承认了 10 项在网上煽动种族仇恨的罪名，其中包括呼吁杀死和灭绝他的种族“敌人”的罪名。
Webster also admitted to stirring up religious hatred and another count of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
韦伯斯特还承认煽动宗教仇恨以及另一项煽动基于性取向的仇恨的罪名。
He was sentenced to two years at Warwick Crown Court.
他在沃里克刑事法庭被判处两年徒刑。
Thomas Webster, arriving here at Warwick Crown Court on Monday, was investigated by police after comments he made to an undercover journalist in a BBC programme In his online posts, Webster said he wanted Jewish and gay people to be tortured and executed. Webster also said he wanted to kill all Muslims until they were "globally extinct."
托马斯·韦伯斯特 (Thomas Webster) 于周一抵达沃里克刑事法庭 (Warwick Crown Court)，因在 BBC 节目中对一名卧底记者发表评论而受到警方调查 韦伯斯特在网上帖子中表示，他希望犹太人和同性恋者受到酷刑和处决。 韦伯斯特还表示，他想杀死所有穆斯林，直到他们“在全球范围内灭绝”。
In one instance, he said if a migrant hotel was placed on his road he would "prepare for murder and prison time, I am serious".
有一次，他说，如果在他的路上开设一家移民酒店，他将“为谋杀和入狱做好准备，我是认真的”。
Webster was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative when BBC Wales Investigates' undercover reporter secretly recorded him at two of the group's events in 2024.
2024 年，当 BBC 威尔士调查组的卧底记者秘密记录了韦伯斯特参加该组织的两次活动时，韦伯斯特是极右翼组织“爱国替代”的成员。
He was filmed saying that in his job at HMRC he liked to "deliberately" give non-white people "bad information which sounds interesting, like I'm deliberately trying to sabotage them."
他在视频中表示，在英国税务海关总署工作期间，他喜欢“故意”向非白人提供“听起来很有趣的不良信息，就像我故意试图破坏他们一样。”
Webster was dismissed by HMRC in February 2025, a month after the programme was broadcast.
2025 年 2 月，即该节目播出一个月后，韦伯斯特被英国税务海关总署解雇。
Thomas Webster said on social media that 'the next Hitler' would be a man like him The HMRC said it took breaches of its standards "extremely seriously" and had "robust processes" in place to investigate concerns.
托马斯·韦伯斯特在社交媒体上表示，“下一个希特勒”将是像他这样的人 英国税务海关总署表示，它“极其严肃”地对待违反其标准的行为，并制定了“健全的流程”来调查问题。
"Where standards are not met, we act decisively," HMRC said in a statement.
英国税务海关总署在一份声明中表示：“如果不符合标准，我们将果断采取行动。”
"Following an internal disciplinary process, the individual concerned was dismissed from HMRC and ceased to be employed by the department in February 2025."
“经过内部纪律处分程序，相关人员被 HMRC 解雇，并于 2025 年 2 月不再受雇于该部门。”
Talking to an undercover BBC reporter, Webster self-identified as a "white totalitarianist" who believed in "a world where white becomes the default human race... all other races will be extinct."
在接受 BBC 卧底记者采访时，韦伯斯特自称是一名“白人极权主义者”，他相信“一个白人成为默认人类种族的世界……所有其他种族都将灭绝。”
Describing himself as "a guy who seeks trouble" while on a hike with other Patriotic Alternative members, he boasted that he would have "crushed [the] skulls" of a group of non-white men if they had walked near to him.
他在与其他爱国另类成员一起徒步旅行时将自己描述为“一个自找麻烦的人”，并吹嘘说，如果一群非白人男子走近他，他会“压碎他们的头骨”。
Following the BBC programme, police opened an investigation and linked Webster to several social media accounts, mainly on X.
BBC 节目结束后，警方展开调查，并将韦伯斯特与多个社交媒体账户（主要是 X.
Thomas Webster was filmed at the 2024 Patriotic Alternative summer camp by an undercover BBC journalist He was arrested for inciting racial hatred in September 2025 and police used details on his phone and computer to confirm the accounts were his.
托马斯·韦伯斯特 (Thomas Webster) 在 2024 年爱国另类夏令营中被 BBC 卧底记者拍摄 2025 年 9 月，他因煽动种族仇恨而被捕，警方使用他手机和电脑上的详细信息来确认这些账户是他的。
He was charged in July and pleaded guilty last month.
他于七月受到指控，并于上个月认罪。
A number of the offending posts were still visible on X in the weeks after Webster pleaded guilty, as well as dozens of others in which he used the most extreme racist language.
在韦伯斯特认罪后的几周内，X 上仍然可以看到一些冒犯性的帖子，以及其他数十个他使用最极端种族主义语言的帖子。
In these additional posts, which did not form part of the charges, Webster praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and told several prominent politicians that they should be killed or subjected to sexual violence.
在这些附加帖子（不构成指控的一部分）中，韦伯斯特赞扬了阿道夫·希特勒和纳粹分子，并告诉几位著名政治家，他们应该被杀害或遭受性暴力。
In one of his X posts, Webster described himself as a "genocidal racist monster."
韦伯斯特在他的一篇 X 帖子中将自己描述为“种族灭绝的种族主义怪物”。
The BBC goes undercover to infiltrate a far right group He described his wishes for people of several races to be killed and in one post said "the next Hitler will be a man like me!" After BBC contacted X about the posts, they were taken down - but the company did not comment further.
BBC 卧底渗透极右翼组织 他描述了他希望多个种族的人被杀害的愿望，并在一篇帖子中说：“下一个希特勒将是像我这样的人！” 在 BBC 就这些帖子联系 X 后，这些帖子被删除了，但该公司没有进一步置评。
Days before Webster's sentencing, BBC News found another active Substack account appearing to belong to him.
在韦伯斯特宣判前几天，BBC 新闻发现另一个活跃的 Substack 帐户似乎属于他。
The account shared posts discussing Webster's arrest, as well as intimate details of his personal life.
该帐户分享了讨论韦伯斯特被捕的帖子，以及他个人生活的私密细节。
It also included several comments about race, including one calling for the "total genetic extinction" of people from South Asia.
它还包括一些有关种族的评论，其中一条呼吁南亚人“基因全面灭绝”。
One comment claimed that these posts were made in spite of bail conditions heavily limiting Webster's internet use and explicitly preventing him from communicating via social media.
一条评论声称，尽管保释条件严重限制了韦伯斯特的互联网使用，并明确禁止他通过社交媒体进行交流，但这些帖子还是发布了。
After the BBC contacted Substack about the content, most of the posts were taken down, although one for which Webster was charged is still visible.
在 BBC 联系 Substack 询问相关内容后，大部分帖子都被删除，但韦伯斯特被指控的帖子仍然可见。
The company did not respond further.
该公司没有进一步回应。
Counter terror police have confirmed Thomas Webster had previously been investigated for racially aggravated offences Warwick Crown Court heard Webster had been referred four times to the UK Government-led Prevent programme, a scheme aimed to stop people becoming terrorists.
反恐警察证实托马斯·韦伯斯特此前曾因严重种族犯罪受到调查 沃里克刑事法庭获悉，韦伯斯特曾四次被转介至英国政府主导的预防计划，该计划旨在阻止人们成为恐怖分子。
The court also heard police found a crossbow in the attic of his property, which was still in its wrapping.
法庭还获悉，警方在他家的阁楼上发现了一把弩，目前仍处于包装状态。
Jamie Scott, prosecuting, told the court that the CPS took a "proportionate approach" to charging him with 12 offences - but asked it be noted that there was "a raft" of similar material posted online by Webster.
检方杰米·斯科特 (Jamie Scott) 告诉法庭，皇家检察署采取了“相称的方法”对他提出了 12 项犯罪指控，但要求法院注意韦伯斯特在网上发布了“大量”类似材料。
His defence lawyer Susan Guest said Webster had a long-standing difficulty around social interaction and anxiety and said he became "more isolated" where his views were "reinforced rather than challenged" by people online.
他的辩护律师苏珊·盖斯特表示，韦伯斯特长期以来在社交互动和焦虑方面存在困难，并表示他变得“更加孤立”，因为他的观点受到网上人们的“强化而不是挑战”。
"He almost lived in a bubble and this online community reinforced his views," Guest told the court. Warwick Crown Court heard Thomas Webster was referred to an anti-terrorist programme four times, the first of which was in 2017 because of his association with a far right group "That bubble subsequently popped and he now has to take responsibility for those actions."
“他几乎生活在一个泡沫中，这个在线社区强化了他的观点，”盖斯特告诉法庭。 沃里克刑事法庭获悉托马斯·韦伯斯特四次被移交反恐计划，第一次是在 2017 年，因为他与极右组织有联系 “那个泡沫随后破裂了，他现在必须为这些行为承担责任。”
Sentencing Webster to two years, Judge Anthony Potter said he had been given numerous opportunities to show remorse and change his behaviour.
法官安东尼·波特判处韦伯斯特两年徒刑，称他有很多机会表达悔意并改变自己的行为。
"Talk is very very cheap," he told Webster.
“空谈是非常非常廉价的，”他告诉韦伯斯特。
"It has allowed you to escalate your offending and propagate the most harmful views.
“它让你的冒犯行为升级，并传播最有害的观点。
"I cannot accept that there is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation in the community.
“我无法接受社区中存在康复的现实前景。
I'd be failing in my public duty if I didn't sent you to custody."
如果我不把你送去拘留，我就没有履行我的公共职责。”
Frank Ferguson, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS, said inciting racial hatred was a "very serious offence" which went "beyond any debate about freedom of speech."
皇家检察署首席检察官弗兰克·弗格森表示，煽动种族仇恨是一种“非常严重的罪行”，“超出了任何关于言论自由的辩论”。
"Expressing a wish for people to be killed… Jewish people, Muslim people, black people, south-asian people, immigrants and LGBTQ+ community as well… and encouraging other people to express similar views.
“表达了人们被杀的愿望……犹太人、穆斯林、黑人、南亚人、移民和 LGBTQ+ 群体……并鼓励其他人表达类似的观点。
"It's not just about what he might do, it's what he might be encouraging others to do by his words," he said.
他说：“这不仅仅是他可能会做什么，而是他可能会用他的言语鼓励其他人做什么。”
Det Ch Supt Alison Hurst, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing for the West Midlands, said Webster had been investigated previously for racially aggravated offences and thanked BBC Wales for bringing him to their attention again.
西米德兰兹郡反恐警务主管艾莉森·赫斯特警长表示，韦伯斯特此前曾因种族严重犯罪行为接受过调查，并感谢 BBC 威尔士再次让他们注意到他。
"Parts of the evidence from that documentary has been presented to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which has led to the prosecution and sentencing," she said. Webster was given a two-year sentence, where he'll serve half in prison and a year on licence.
她说：“该纪录片的部分证据已提交给皇家检察署（CPS），从而导致起诉和判刑。” 韦伯斯特被判处两年徒刑，其中半年将在监狱服刑，并在执照上服刑一年。
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