A Quesnel man convicted by a jury of wilfully promoting hatred against people of the Jewish religion was sentenced Monday to a six-month conditional sentence followed by two years of probation.
Roy Arthur Topham was also ordered to remove his website from the internet and not put it back up as well as to refrain from posting his writings on any other internet forum where they can be read by the general public, according to the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General criminal justice branch.
His conditional sentence, which is served at home, includes a graduated curfew.
The sentenced was issued in B.C. Supreme Court in Quesnel.
Following the jury's verdict, Topham's lawyer launched a constitutional challenge, which was rejected in February.
Topham also faces a civil lawsuit. Daniel Gallant, a former neo-Nazi who now works to prevent recruitment and radicalization of youth, is alleging Topham defamed him in two of his postings.
Topham has not yet filed a response to the lawsuit.
