Facebook incitement man to appeal
A man who was jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder will appeal against his sentence.
Jordan Blackshaw, 20, was jailed alongside Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, on Tuesday at Chester Crown Court.
The court heard that Cheshire Police discovered a Facebook event, entitled “Smash Down Northwich Town”, created by Blackshaw, of Vale Road, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire.
Today, Chris Johnson of mosshaselhurst solicitors, who is representing Blackshaw, said: “The family are shocked and upset at the sentence and Jordan has instructed us to appeal against the sentence.
“Jordan’s mother is too upset to speak to the press and has asked me to speak for her.
“Jordan originally set up the Facebook site for a joke, which he accepts was in bad taste and inappropriate, and he is remorseful.”
Mr Johnson added: “We are not aware of any persons actually attending the proposed event.
“The police did attend, but do not appear to have encountered anyone behind McDonalds who was there for that purpose.
“We believe that Northwich remained peaceful that day.”
