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One of the suspected ringleaders behind the violent North West Infidels rally at St George’s Hall is being prosecuted over another ugly far-right demo in Dover - just four weeks earlier.

This month, the ECHO named those believed to be behind the organisation of the hate-filled trouble in Liverpool city centre which saw smoke bombs, bricks and bottles hurled into crowds.

A police officer was treated in hospital for concussion, far-right symbols were defaced on the Grade I-listed building, and student Abbie James, 21, had part of her skull scraped away after being hit by a missile.

Now, we can reveal how Shane Calvert, a prominent member of the Infidels, is being investigated for his alleged part in similar angry, and sometimes bloody, scenes on the south coast.

The 34-year-old, known within extremist circles as ‘Diddyman’, wrote on the far-right group’s Facebook page about the Liverpool clashes: “We held St George’s Hall for over four hours.

“Or anyway we stood on the steps. We held the steps!

“Not anyone can hold steps, but we did. Our Polish Nazi brothers held some steps too.

“The police looked after us while we did it, so we threw rocks at them. Get f****** used to it.”

Calvert, who has prominent links to Merseyside and sympathisers within the city, added: “To all that stood by us - We Salute You, Nazi style.

“For all that oppose us - you just try holding some steps.”

Watch: Damage to St George's Hall following Infidel Rally

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Calvert was arrested in Blackburn, where he lives, by Lancashire Police officers, acting on behalf of Kent Police, probing the trouble in Dover.

He was later transferred to the south of England and quizzed on suspicion of violent disorder.

Calvert was charged with that offence and has appeared before magistrates in Medway.

He will next attend Canterbury Crown Court in early April for a preliminary hearing in connection to the chaotic clashes in Dover on January 30.

Kent Police said they had so far made 32 arrests, of which Calvert was one.

Shocking pictures from Dover, one which showed a far-right protester with a bald head and covered in blood, screaming at anti-fascist demonstrators, revealed groups from the National Front and far-right South East Alliance taking part in an anti-immigration rally.

In pictures: North West Infidels in Liverpool

They fought with anti-fascist supporters as thugs daubed swastikas on coaches with their blood and gangs faced up to each other at Maidstone service station where coaches were vandalised.

Weapons including a lock-knife, knuckle duster, pieces of wood, glass and hammers were seized.

The violence on February 27 in Liverpool led to Mayor Joe Anderson urging the Home Office to give him power to ban future far-right rallies in Liverpool.

Thirty-four men were arrested after members of a neo-Nazi group, led by the Manchester-based North West Infidels, squared up to anti-fascist fans outside St George’s Hall.