OTTAWA - An Ottawa man was sentenced on Monday to ten years in prison for the promotion of hate propaganda against Jewish people produced for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.

Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Patrick Gordon MacDonald guilty earlier this year on all three charges brought against him: promoting hate speech, participating in the activities of a terror group and facilitating terrorist activities.

MacDonald, a graphic designer in his late 20s, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Crown prosecutors argued during the trial that MacDonald worked under the alias "Dark Foreigner" for a listed terror group to promote hatred against Jews and other minorities to provoke a race war.

They tied him to the recording of several violent, hate-filled videos and the creation o

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