Two men who used their neo-Nazi podcast to launch an attack on Prince Harry and his son Archie have been jailed for a total of 15 years for terrorism offences.

Christopher Gibbons, 40, and Tyrone Patten-Walsh, 36, encouraged listeners to commit acts of terrorist violence against ethnic minorities during their podcast called Black Wolf Radio.

The pair would also air homophobic, racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic views during the podcast’s 21 episodes.

Gibbons described Archie as an “abomination that should be put down” in the podcast, which the pair used to voice their hatred of mixed-race marriages.

He called for Prince Harry to be “prosecuted” and “judicially killed for treason”, jurors heard.

The pair also endorsed the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016 and hailed Brenton Tarrant’s 2019 shooting spree in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claimed the lives of 51 people at two mosques during Friday prayers.

They also made vile remarks about victims of the Manchester Arena bombing.

An investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command found Gibbons had created an online “Radicalisation Library” containing more than 500 videos of extreme right-wing-related speeches and propaganda documents.

The library had nearly 1,000 subscribers, and the content had been viewed more than 152,000 times.

Officers found some of the content in the podcast and the online library to be in breach of terrorism legislation.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police subsequently arrested the men in May 2021 and charged them with a number of terrorism offences in August of the same year.

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Gibbons has been sentenced to eight years in prison for eight counts of encouraging terrorism and two counts of dissemination of terrorist publications.

Patten-Walsh was sentenced to seven years in prison for eight counts of encouraging acts of terrorism.

The men were convicted of the charges against them on 7 July 2023 following a trial at Kingston Crown Court.

Both will also be subject to a 15-year-long Part 4 notification order once they are released – meaning they will have to keep police updated about where they are living and details of foreign travel.

They will also have to serve three years on licence when they are released.

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Commander Dominic Murphy, who leads the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “The material that Gibbons and Patten-Walsh shared is exactly the kind that has the potential to draw vulnerable people – particularly young people – into terrorism.

“We are determined to identify and hold to account individuals pushing this material. In this case, officers reviewed hours-upon-hours of material to present a compelling case.

“I hope this case and today’s sentencing sends a clear message that there are serious consequences for those who share terrorist material or encourage others to become involved in terrorism.”

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