(BBC) A rapper has been found guilty of posting a “menacing” video on social media, aimed at the former English Defence League leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson.
In it, he mentioned artillery and made a gun gesture while shouting “pow, pow, pow.”
Omar Abdirizak, 31, denied sending a message of a menacing character contrary to the Communications Act 2003.
But he was convicted by Birmingham Magistrates Court after a two-hour trial.
The video, which attracted more than two million views, was reposted by Yaxley-Lennon alongside a claim that it was a threat to murder him due to “lies” by the media and politicians, the court heard.
