Radio host was ‘hate tweeter’

SUTTON COLDFIELD

A right-wing radio host who trolled a Muslim politician with ‘Islamophobic’ tweets and emails claims he was exercising his right to free speech, a court heard. Timothy Burton, 64, branded ‘Tell Mama’ founder Fiyaz Mughal a ‘Mendacious Grievance-Mongering Taqqiya-Artist-In-Chief’ in a series of emails last April. Burton described Islam as a ‘backwards, misogynistic, seventh century’ ideology in one of the six messages and repeatedly addressed the anti-hate crime activist as ‘Fizzy B****cks’. The radio presenter for anti-immigration group Liberty GB…

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