A Chelsea fan could be going to prison after tweeting pictures of Auschwitz and saying ‘Spurs are on their way back’ there.
Nathan Blagg, 21, posted several anti-Semitic tweets aimed at Tottenham Hotspur supporters between September 2020 and February this year.
Fans of the club are often from typically Jewish areas in north and east London and have been the subject of racist chants for many years.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard today how Blagg shared a picture of the train tacks of Auschwitz, where at least 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis.
The road construction worker then captioned the photograph: ‘Spurs are on their way to Auschwitz.’
He also posted a fake image of then-health secretary Matt Hancock holding a microphone, saying the same words.
Blagg shared a photo and a video of people doing Nazi salutes, writing: ‘Yids tomorrow, which means for the next 48 hours I can tweet as much anti-Semitism as I want without being told off.’
He then went on to say: ‘Gas a Jew, Jew, Jew.’
A West Brompton fan reported the atrocious content and, after an investigation by Chelsea’s security team and police, Blagg was arrested in February.
Blagg, from Redford in Nottinghamshire, admitted seven counts of sending offensive messages in court today.
Prosecutor David Roberts told how ‘racially aggravated’ Blagg’s tweets were, ‘given the context of Tottenham Hotspur’s fans coming from a Jewish area’.
Maeve Thornton, defending, said Blagg, was struggling with ‘low moods’ because of the pandemic at the time.
She said: ‘With hindsight, he now understands how wrong this is. He is indeed very remorseful and very apologetic and has taken steps to address his offending by removing himself from Twitter.
‘There is not going to be a repeat of this behaviour moving forward.’
Blagg was released on bail until he is sentenced on November 5.
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