Fergus Wilson says he will ‘bankrupt’ the YouTuber if he doesn’t pay the alleged damages (Picture: Rex)

A multimillionaire landlord who tried to ban ‘coloureds’ from his properties is suing a YouTuber with only £100 to his name.

Fergus Wilson said he will ‘bankrupt’ Danny Hyde over a video criticising his policy to ban non-white tenants ‘because of the curry smell they leave behind’.

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The racist directive was exposed in a leaked email to a lettings agent in March, last year, and it was soon condemned as ‘disgusting’ and ‘vile’.

In November, a county court ruled the policy was illegal, while Mr Wilson repeatedly insisted the move was ‘not racist’.


Among those criticising Mr Wilson on social media was Danny Hyde, a YouTuber with a small following of 1,200 subscribers on his channel Danny Hyde TV.

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A few days after Mr Wilson’s discrimination was revealed, Danny posted a Vlog calling the landlord, who made £250 million selling his property empire to ‘Arabic’ investors in 2015, as a ‘penis’ and a ‘bum splat of a man’.



The self-employed decorator talks for just under two minutes about how Mr Wilson should ban curry if he hates it so much, not an entire race of people.

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It’s fair to say it didn’t go viral, with only 950 recorded views in 10 months.

Nearly eight months after uploading it, however, Danny got a letter through his door in Glastonbury, Somerset.

It was from Mr Wilson, who wanted to know if Danny was the YouTuber behind the video.

Danny Hyde produces his YouTube videos at his home in Glastonbury, Somerset (Picture: Youtube)

Fergus Wilson’s policy to ban ‘coloureds’ from his properties was ruled illegal (Picture: Kent Media/REX/Shutterstock)

Danny said the letter ‘intimidated’ him and he didn’t admit to being the YouTuber in question when he replied to the landlord.

A week later, the YouTuber found out he was being sued for £10,000 by Mr Wilson for a ‘grossly offensive’ video in ‘breach of the malicious communications act 1988’.

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The act covers offences of harassment where communications, including posts on social media, cause someone ‘distress and anxiety’.

Mr Wilson told Metro.co.uk that it was not what Danny said, ‘it was the way that he said it’.

‘It was a grossly offensive video,’ he added.

Mr Wilson previously tries to ban ‘battered wives’ from letting his properties (Picture: SWNS)

The landlord said that if Danny does not settle in court, he intends to bring a private prosecution against him.

‘He made the misfortune of picking on somebody who can bring a private prosecution against him,’ he said.

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Mr Wilson said Danny would be ‘snookered for the rest of his life’ if he doesn’t pay the alleged damages.

He added: ‘I will bankrupt him if he can’t pay.

‘He should not have done it at the start. If you start doing these things, you are responsible for the consequences.

Fergus Wilson was once the biggest buy-to-let landlord in the country with nearly 1,000 homes across Kent (Picture: REX)

‘He has to accept what is going to happen.’

Danny said he still stands by what he said, but admitted being ‘nervous’ about turning up without a lawyer at Yeovil County Court, later this month.

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He said: ‘He’s worth £250 million, I just scrape by. I’ve only got £100 to my name. He knows I can’t afford to pay £10,000.’

Danny said he didn’t directly communicate with him, and he believes he is entitled to express his opinion on something he reads in the news.



He added: ‘It’s 2018 and I am fed up with people being discriminated by the colour of their skin. I firmly stand by everything I said in my video.’