A white supremacist has had his prison sentence cut after the Court of Appeal heard he was not as racist as some of his Facebook friends. Lawrence Burns, 23, who wanted to protect an "advanced warrior race of white men and women," was jailed for four years for stirring up racial hatred following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court late in 2016.

But three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal in London reduced that term to two-and-a-half years after analysing the case, stating that the original judge had not taken account of the defendant’s “young age" and "poor educational background".

Adrian Davies, who represented Burns, told the judges that his client had 98 Facebook friends.

He said some of those people had extreme views which made Burns “seem moderate".

Mr Justice Phillips said four years was "manifestly excessive".