If Alex is such a danger, then why was he not held on remand after the conviction?
In my opinion, prison should only be used for public safety, to keep dangerous people away from society.
If it was up to me, I would have given Alex 200 hours of community service, a three year suspended sentence and made him pay a victim surcharge and even that sounds harsh for online behaviour of a man of previous good character.
He has made the lives of so many people hell. Not just Jeremy Vine and Iain Lee but countless others who are now coming forward. He targeted peoples families, their spouses and their children. Even their unborn children. He tried to ruin businesses, livelihoods and professional reputations. He threatened them with legal action, even faking solicitors letters and crime numbers.. and this went on for years. He was relentless. It might not have been physical (I believe he’d have
tit himself if someone ever physically stood up to him), but he caused people immense psychological distress. Its long been argued that psychological bullying is far worse than physical, and he knew that. All of this in the guise of ‘free speech’ though ironically he didn’t seem to like others speaking freely about him, as most of these hate campaigns stemmed from little perceived slights that would go over the head of most normal people.
Add to this he also stole thousands of pounds from gullible followers under the guise of paying for his legal fees and used the proceeds to go on luxury holidays to the USA. He is dangerous and unhinged and without a custodial sentence he wouldn’t have stopped his behaviour, we saw this during the trial. Locking him up is the only way to stop him destroying lives, he lacks any moral compass or ability to self reflect and would have carried on IMO.