• A far-right extremist convicted of violent disorder following the Southport stabbings had a crowdfunding campaign set up to support his children while he faced jail time.
• Sentenced to 34 months in prison, Dominic Capaldi’s circumstances caught the attention of Andrew Tate’s brother who donated £2500 before being shut down.
Tristan Tate donated thousands of pounds to a now-discontinued fundraising campaign, launched to help a man jailed over his far-right anti-migrant rioting in Bristol.
The Crowdfunder was launched to aid the family of Dominic Capaldi, who was sentenced to 34 months in prison following his conviction for violent disorder, where he was throwing missiles at police.
Following the Southport stabbings, Capaldi’s support in creating anarchy with right-wing groups was what led to his arrest and conviction yet somehow went unnoticed on the Crowdfunder website, when the campaign was set up in his name by a friend.
The fundraiser on the Crowdfunder site caused controversy on social media on how it was allowed to be created for a convicted extremist in the first place, but more notable was the large donation made towards the account by Tristan Tate before the campaign was discontinued.
The fundraiser was launched on Friday, August 16 and surpassed its £1,000 target. People had donated over £3,500, including a £2,500 donation from Tate before being shut down, where a statement from Crowdfunder read:
“Crowdfunder has made the decision to close the fundraiser related to the recent conviction of Dominic Capaldi, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 34 months in prison for his involvement in the Bristol riots.
“This project was found to be in violation of Crowdfunder’s terms and conditions. As a result, the fundraiser has been closed, and all donations to the project have been refunded.
“We remain committed to maintaining the integrity of our platform and ensuring it is used to support positive and lawful causes.”
The Crowdfunder for 34-year-old dad Capaldi was set up to support his family after he was sentenced, which incidentally fell on his child’s seventh birthday.
Judge Martin Picton who sentenced Capaldi to 34 months imprisonment, told the court that the riots Capaldi had taken part in were a “co-ordinated action on the part of extremists to cause violence, and by so doing to generate fear on the part of the community as a whole.”
Capaldi of Bishopsworth in Bristol was caught on police body-worn cameras throwing missiles at police who were trying to prevent protesters from gaining entry to a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. As Capaldi launched projectiles at the police, crowds were chanting “send them back”.
Despite the undeniable evidence that had been submitted to the court through video footage and testimonies, Tate reaffirmed his support for the far-right extremists by donating to an individual deemed to be unworthy of empathy.
Tate, himself had been arrested and detained overnight along with his brother Andrew at a Romanian police station, following a raid on their home over new allegations that had been made against them. The allegations form part of a new investigation in addition to the charges already made against them, which include trafficking minors for which they are expected to appear in court.
While continuing to back hate mongers Tate only continues to add more fuel to the fire and in doing so overlooks actual people suffering and deserving of financial support in apartheid oppressed states like Palestine.
