A far-right agitator who participated in a recent anti-mosque protest near the Lake District, has been jailed after admitting to making false calls to police and wasting their time.
Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard that on November 8, 2024, Ryan Ferguson “called 999 from a mobile number and reported three males fighting.”
The court heard four police vehicles had been dispatched to the scene on Bank Road in Bootle and officers carried out enquiries but residents had said no incident had taken place.
Two days later, the 25-year-old made two further 999 calls requesting the police, firstly to Everton Brow and then to Bayhorse Lane in Liverpool’s city centre, alleging again a similar incident of three males fighting. Searches were carried out but no disturbances were found.
The defendant was arrested on November 15 at his bail hostel and two phones were recovered. He later gave a no comment interview, but did confirm he was “a football hooligan and a far-right journalist.”
The court heard his most recent conviction before the fake calls was in May 2024, where he was sentenced to 12 weeks for sending malicious communications.
Ferguson from Barberry Crescent in Netherton, Merseyside, has racked up 20 previous convictions for 29 offences, while building up a career as a far-right agitator and Islamophobe.
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Defending Ferguson was James Lefroy who reportedly told the court the defendant finds himself the subject of abuse because of his political views and “called the police for his own protection.”
However, he also said: “He (Ferguson) is clearly a man with issues. We only send people to prison if we need to do so. He needs to understand why his views need to be moderated.
“It’s perfectly right to hold political views but he needs to know to deal with them in a constructive way.”
The magistrates’ bench deemed Ferguson’s offending as causing a high risk of serious harm to the wider public. He was sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence of 17 weeks.
Islamophobic mosque protests
5Pillars correspondent Robert Carter filmed Ferguson at a recent anti-mosque protest in Dalton-In-Furness on July 19, where he was arrested after police stopped him from attempting to cross the road and confront anti-racism protesters on the opposite side.
Ferguson refused to leave the area when asked to by police which appeared to have led to his arrest. He was attempting to confront the pro-mosque demonstrators after they chanted “nazi scum” at the far-right activists.
Ferguson objected to being labelled a Nazi despite being spotted wearing neo-Nazi T-shirt at a separate far-right demo some months earlier.
The protest occurred outside the construction site of a new mosque being built near the iconic English Lake District.
The South Lakes Islamic Centre has faced a campaign of far-right harassment and abuse since the news broke of the £2.5m mosque project.
5Pillars has also published a story related to Ferguson attempting to confront an imam at a mosque in Didsbury in Janurary 2024.
Ferguson was left humiliated following a bizarre exchange with a mosque representative, which was recorded via audio, after it became clear the confused Ferguson had seen an old video of far-right activist Tommy Robinson harassing the mosque and decided to randomly travel to the same masjid in an attempt to emulate his anti-Islam role model.
He has a long history of disgraceful behaviour including football hooliganism and the racist abuse of a football player.
Far-right connections
Ferguson has attempted to make a name for himself in the British far-right scene, often being spotted at Britain First rallies or outside hotels amid nationwide anti-refugee protests.
He has shared images of himself rubbing shoulders with far-right figures including Paul Golding, Ashlea Simon and UKIP’s Nick Tenconi on social media, and has been retweeted by Tommy Robinson on X on various occasions.
It’s not known when Ferguson was radicalised with far-right ideas. However, the ECHO was made aware of an image of Ferguson at a rally in May wearing a t-shirt with a Polish slogan and the numbers “88”.
The numbers 88 are traditionally seen as an abbreviation for the Nazi salute “Heil Hitler”. The letter H is eighth in the alphabet, so 88 becomes HH.
A social media account linked to Ferguson shows him appearing to harass pro-Palestine supporters in Liverpool city centre calling them “terrorist supporters.”
