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A Stockton man faces jail for a chilling anti-Muslim Facebook rant in which he wrote: “Give me bullets for my gun - I’ll shoot every b****** one”

Andrew Littlefair’s sickening posts came days after Manchester Arena bombing and the London Bridge terror attack.

The 50-year-old quoted Prime Minister Theresa May, writing “enough is enough” before calling for mosques and the Quran to be burned.

“Kick um out wipe them out kill them all,” read one of the posts.

Another stated: “It’s time to unite and fight wipe out this disgusting desease (sic) they call Islam.

“My grandad didn’t fight an die for this!!”

But he was arrested after someone called police following the posts.

“She found them upsetting and disgusting,” said prosecutor Mrs Beattie.

“They are all anti-Islam and anti-Muslim.”

Littlefair initially told police the six posts were a “joke” - before blaming a lager-induced hangover.

When Cleveland Police became involved he had tried apologising on Facebook - but that descended into another anti-Islam rant.

“I’m getting hauled in by the police for freedom of speech,” he moaned.

“Certain people can have freedom of speech but not the white man.

“Look at what happens to them because of their race.

“Sorry for being a white Christian.”

When pals asked him what was up, he wrote he was in trouble for saying “a few home truths”.

He then said he would “rather be locked up” than hold his tongue.

Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday that the Norton man may get his wish.

He faces a minimum of 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to six counts of publishing threatening religious material intending to stir up religious hatred.

The court heard Cleveland Police took more than a month to collect evidence after it was posted on June 4.

Littlefair, of Trefoil Court, was only interviewed voluntarily under caution on July 31.

“The posts were published at a time when emotions were running high,” added Mrs Beattie.

It was posted a day after the London attack which claimed 11 lives, including the three attackers.

On May 22, a bomb at an Ariana Grande gig claimed 23 lives in Manchester.

No formal mitigation was offered, although unmarried Littlefair was said to have bi-polar.

The court heard he had “very little” previous, consisting of five unrelated offences.

He was granted unconditional bail to appear at Teesside Crown Court on a future date.