British National Party leader Nick Griffin made a speech claiming white society had turned into a multi-racial hell-hole, Leeds Crown Court has heard. Mr Griffin is accused of using abusive, threatening, or insulting words towards people of Asian ethnicity, in speeches filmed in West Yorkshire in 2004. Party activist Mark Collett is charged with similar offences. Both men deny the charges. The speeches were filmed in 2004 for the BBC documentary, The Secret Agent.
The court heard how Mr Griffin addressed a crowd at the Reservoir Tavern in Keighley on 19 January 2004 and told them that white society had turned into a multi-racial hell-hole as Asian Muslims aimed to conquer the country. Rodney James QC, prosecuting, told the jury Mr Griffin had concentrated on allegations of paedophile drug rapes by Asian Muslims in Keighley. Reading excerpts from the speeches, Mr Jameson said Mr Griffin had urged the crowd to vote for the BNP in order to ensure “the British people really realise the evil of what these people have done to our country”.