A former barrister has been sentenced for posting a “continuous barrage of offensive” antisemitic comments online.
Ian Millard, of Pennington in Hampshire, was found guilty of sending five offensive messages via his online blog between April and December 2021.
Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard they contained allegations western media were controlled by Jewish people.
Millard was ordered to complete 15 rehabilitation days to encourage him to “widen his perspective”.
Sentencing the 67-year-old, district judge Anthony Callaway said he rejected Millard’s claim that “there were no victims” of his actions.
He said: “It was directed at a racial group, which as the law presently stands, the law was designed to protect.”
Millard was disbarred following disciplinary proceedings in 2016 by the Bar Standards Board, which found he had made “seriously offensive” posts on social media.
