---
born: 1997
category: Extremism & Violent Networks
created: 2026-05-22
location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
summary: Luke Hunter was a Newcastle propagandist affiliated with Feuerkrieg Division
  who ran a Telegram channel with over 1,200 subscribers, was convicted of seven terrorism
  charges in 2020, and sentenced to four years and two months at Leeds Crown Court.
tags:
- Person
- FeuerkriegDivision
- NeoNazi
- Accelerationism
- UK
- TerroristConviction
- UKTerrorism
updated: 2026-05-22
---

Luke Hunter, 23, of Newcastle upon Tyne, was convicted of seven terrorism offences and sentenced to four years and two months at Leeds Crown Court on 23 December 2020. Hunter operated a Telegram channel with over 1,200 subscribers and created a white supremacist propaganda website that disseminated material in affiliation with [Feuerkrieg Division](/organizations/feuerkrieg-division/), including calls for the extermination of Jewish and LGBTQ people.[^1]

### Propaganda Operation

Hunter's Telegram channel distributed terrorist handbooks, instructional material on surveillance, guerrilla warfare, weapons, and explosives, and extreme-right video content. He also ran a separate website through which he circulated white supremacist texts, anti-Semitic and homophobic material, and content promoting political violence. A search of his home at arrest found extensive Hitler and neo-Nazi materials, military training manuals, and surveillance guides.[^1]

His affiliation with FKD was primarily propagandistic rather than operational: he produced video content and encouraged support for FKD through his platforms. He was not charged with providing direct attack planning advice in the manner of [Paul Dunleavy](/people/paul-dunleavy/), but the volume and character of his output resulted in seven separate charges. The charges covered encouragement of terrorism, dissemination of terrorist publications, and broadcasting violent material, each addressed separately in the indictment.[^2]

### Arrest and Charges

Hunter was arrested in October 2019 as part of the broader counter-terrorism policing investigation of FKD that also led to the Cornwall teenager's arrest in July 2019. The Hope Not Hate investigation that profiled Hunter documented his activity as stretching across platforms including Telegram, his own website, and other online forums.[^1]

He admitted all seven charges, making the Leeds Crown Court hearing a sentencing proceeding rather than a trial. No terrorism enhancement was applied beyond the basic terrorism offences charged; the four-year-two-month sentence was consistent with the UK sentencing guidelines for this category of offences at the time.

[^1]: Hope Not Hate. "LUKE HUNTER: profile of a Nazi terror propagandist." December 23, 2020. https://hopenothate.org.uk/2020/12/23/luke-hunter-profile-of-a-nazi-terror-propagandist/; Algemeiner. "British Neo-Nazi Who Called for 'Eradication' of Jews Sentenced to 4-Year Jail Term." December 24, 2020. https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/12/24/british-neo-nazi-who-called-for-eradication-of-jews-sentenced-to-4-year-jail-term/
[^2]: Campaign Against Antisemitism. "Neo-Nazi with history of disseminating antisemitic material sentenced to four years in prison after admitting terrorist charges." December 2020. https://antisemitism.org/neo-nazi-with-history-of-disseminating-antisemitic-material-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-after-admitting-terrorist-charges