Overview
- Matthew Althorpe, who pleaded guilty to three terrorism counts, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.
- Justice Jane Kelly found his Telegram manifestos inspired at least six attacks, including the 2022 shooting outside a Slovakian gay bar and a 2024 mosque stabbing in Turkey.
- The court said his materials urged hatred of Jews, Muslims, and Black people and called for mass-casualty attacks and the sabotage of critical infrastructure.
- Kelly warned of a risk he could reoffend, citing a decade of radicalization from 2015 white-supremacist chat rooms to Atomwaffen Division and leadership of a neo-Nazi fight club.
- Under Canadian law, parole ineligibility is typically half the sentence, and the judge said he may apply earlier, while five Jewish groups praised the ruling and urged stronger action against radicalization.