James Aspin, 34, from Briardale Road, Blyth, Northumberland, posted what a judge called a “hugely offensive and dangerous” four-minute video on August 8, shortly after the murder of three girls in Southport.
Aspin was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting distributing a recording intending to stir up racial hatred.
The defendant, who had 921 followers on the platform, was drunk when he made the recording.
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