Terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' guilty on all counts

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An Ottawa antheral accused of trying to sow hatred and fearfulness by helping create racist recruitment videos and different propaganda for a present defunct far-right international neo-Nazi violent radical has been recovered blameworthy connected each charges.

Patrick Gordon Macdonald faced 3 terrorism-related charges

Kristy Nease · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 10:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A antheral   successful  a skull disguise  aims a agelong  gun.

Patrick Gordon Macdonald was accused of helping make 3 racist recruitment videos for a far-right planetary violent radical successful 2018 and 2019, among different images. This screengrab is from 1 of the videos shown successful court. (Ontario Superior Court of Justice)

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An Ottawa antheral accused of trying to sow hatred and fearfulness by helping create racist recruitment videos and different propaganda for a present defunct far-right international neo-Nazi violent radical has been recovered blameworthy connected each charges

Justice Robert Smith found Patrick Gordon Macdonald blameworthy of the 3 charges against him connected Wednesday: participating successful violent activity, facilitating violent activity and committing an offence for a violent group.

Macdonald, 27, pleaded not blameworthy successful Ottawa's Superior Court astatine the outset of his proceedings in November to participating successful the violent enactment of Atomwaffen Division.

He was accused of helping nutrient the videos and different images, facilitating violent activity, and inciting hatred against identifiable groups for 1 oregon much violent entities, including Atomwaffen Division and the neo-Nazi James Mason.

He was alleged to person done it successful 2018 and 2019 — erstwhile helium was 20 and 21 — in Ottawa, Belleville, Ont., and Saint-Ferdinand, Que., among different places.

Closing arguments were heard successful aboriginal December, aft which the justice retired to determine the case.

A antheral   walks extracurricular  successful  a jacket.

Macdonald arrives astatine the Ottawa Courthouse successful November. (Francis Ferland/CBC)

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